Justin Brice Guariglia
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This Is America | Art USA Today
Kunsthal KAdE
Amersfoort, Netherlands
September 26 – December 13, 2020
In the exhibition This Is America | Art USA Today forty American artists and collectives bring the United States to the Netherlands through paintings, photography, murals, documentation and installations. Their work addresses current themes such as identity, urban living culture, climate issues and "Trump.
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On view are paintings by Celeste Dupuy-Spencer, Travis Somerville and others that focus on religious fanaticism, Trump and the racist culture of the South. Jeffrey Gibson and Julie Buffalohead address the position of Native Americans. Kota Ezawa created an animation around kneeling during the playing of the national anthem by black American football players. A group of artists from El Paso, Texas, and its Mexican sister city, Juarez, depict life in this border region, including the reality of the steel wall that cuts across the traditionally connected cities. The Guerrilla Girls and Avram Finkelstein (Gran Fury) trace their campaigns for the empowerment of women and the LGBTQ community from the 1980s to the present. Justin Brice Guariglia warns of the consequences of climate change through aphorisms on a signal board.
Luis Roacho Aguilera
Amplifier
Guerilla Girls
LosDos
Catherine Opie
Gina Phillips
Edgar Picazo
Sheila Pree Bright
Alexis Pye
Elliott Jamal Robbins
Gregory Sale
Dread Scott
Andres Serrano
Travis Somerville
Mark Strandquist
Jacqueline Surdell
Cosmo Whyte
Hank Willis Thomas
Colectivo Rezizte
INDECLINE
Artists 4 Democracy
Haydee Alonso
Alejandra Aragón
Julie Buffalohead
Celeste Dupuy-Spencer
Sam Durant
Kota Ezawa
Avram Finkelstein
Alixa Garcia
Jeffrey Gibson
Justin Brice Guaraglia
Chase Hall
Edgar Heap of Birds
Robert Hodge
Alfredo Year
Robert Longo
Monica Lozano
Troy Michie
Derrick Woods-Morrow