{"id":135,"date":"2019-09-10T13:51:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T17:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/flemingmuseumofart\/?p=135"},"modified":"2024-12-12T18:34:26","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T23:34:26","slug":"resist-insist-persist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/flemingmuseumofart\/resist-insist-persist\/","title":{"rendered":"RESIST! INSIST! PERSIST!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

September 27 \u2013 December 13, 2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.\u201d<\/em>\u2014 Elie Wiesel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RESIST! INSIST! PERSIST! explores the intersection of art and activism. Drawn primarily from the Fleming Museum\u2019s collection, the exhibition features the work of historical and contemporary artists who have countered adversity and hardship with empowerment and expression. This show was curated by UVM students in the Fall 2018 class Art History 282: Museum Studies, taught by Kelley Helmstutler Di Dio, Professor of Art History and Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Art has always had the power to evoke a strong emotional response from viewers. As it became easier and cheaper to produce and circulate art in prints and photographs, artists seized the opportunity to spread imagery that gives voice to marginalized groups and brings injustices to light.

Artists in the exhibition include Francisco de Goya, William Hogarth, Pablo Picasso, Lewis Hine, Diego Rivera, the Guerrilla Girls, Kara Walker, Alison Saar, Glenn Ligon, Sabra Field, and Mildred Beltr\u00e9, among others. Their subjects range from racial violence, to state oppression, to the underrepresentation of women in the art world, and more.

The show\u2019s student curators write: \u201cIn investigating these issues, we will encounter some controversial and distressing images and ideas, but we must not shrink from them. As citizens of this messy world, we have a duty to address our past, ugly as it might be, and use what we learn to shape a better future for ourselves and those who succeed us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alison Saar’s “Blue Plate Special,” 1993<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Alison Saar (American, born 1956), Blue Plate Special<\/em>, 1993. Woodcut, chine coll\u00e9 and three-dimensional collage on paper. Museum Purchase, Way Fund  1997.7.1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Francisco De Goya’s What a Golden Beak! (Que Pico De Oro!), No. 53 from Caprices (Los Caprichos), 1797-1799<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Francisco De Goya (Spanish, 1746-1828), What a Golden Beak! (Que Pico De Oro!)<\/em>, No. 53 from Caprices (Los Caprichos)<\/em>, 1797-1799. Etching and burnished aquatint on laid paper. Gift of Henry Schnakenberg  1945.2.42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jerry Kearns’ “American Noir,” from “10: Artist as Catalyst,” 1992<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Jerry Kearns (American, born 1943), American Noir<\/em>, from 10: Artist as Catalyst<\/em>, 1992. Screen print on paper. Museum Purchase, Way Fund  1993.11.6<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kara Walker’s “Testimony,” 2005<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Kara Walker (American, born 1969), Testimony<\/em>, 2005. Photogravure on paper. Museum Purchase, Way Fund  2006.7.1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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September 27 \u2013 December 13, 2019 There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.\u201d\u2014 Elie Wiesel RESIST! INSIST! PERSIST! explores the intersection of art and activism. Drawn primarily from the Fleming Museum\u2019s collection, the exhibition features the work of historical … <\/p>\n

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