Thu, 10/20/2016 – Sun, 11/13/2016
Payne Hurd Gallery & RE:find Gallery on the Walk
Throughout history, both self-taught and professionally trained artists alike have expressed political opinions in various formats and mediums. Recognizing the power of the artist as well as the special time in which we live, the Allentown Art Museum and RE:find Gallery challenged artists to respond to the upcoming presidential election and the issues surrounding it by submitting election-themed works for possible inclusion in a juried exhibition. All formats were accepted: painting, illustration, sculpture, mixed media, new media.
Twenty-plus works in the Museum, including videos, and more on display at RE:find Gallery presented critiques, lampoons, and straight-on representations of the candidates, their supporters, and issues being discussed during the hectic election season.
Any views or opinions expressed by the art in this exhibition were those of the artist and the artist alone. The Museum does not endorse any views or opinions represented in this exhibition.
Yevette Hendler, This World Needs a Group Hug, archival pigment print
Femi J. Johnson, Choice Matters, 2016, acrylic on canvas
