Art and Politics
What can you say about art products that are directly the subject of political debate, or that were originally conceived as part of a political debate? What examples can you give in this regard? Painting, sculpture, architecture, music, poetry, novel, etc. Which examples can be given from all areas? For example, how can Picasso's painting Guernica be handled in this respect? Or could Tiananmen Square be the subject of such a controversy?
Perhaps not quite appropriate in this context - but we might cite Beethoven's dedication of his "Eroica" symphony to Napoleon, only to retract it when he learned that Napoleon had declared himself "Emperor" (of most of Europe, effectively).
Dear David McNaughton, thank you very much for your review. I will examine the subject you specified.
https://viewing.nyc/non-violence-the-knotted-gun-sculpture-at-the-u-n-headquarters-in-midtown-east/
https://www.encirclephotos.com/image/hand-sculpture-at-holocaust-memorial-in-miami-beach-florida/
https://www.armenian-genocide.org/Memorial.56/current_category.63/memorials_detail.html
Hello,
for example the french movie Days of Glory (French: Indigènes - "Natives"; Arabic: بلديون), helps to reassess the military pensions of natives who fight in the 2nd world war.
"Pensions for "natives" finally reassessed
Nicolas Sarkozy announced Tuesday, July 13 that a bill aligning the pensions of African veterans with those of their French brothers in arms would be tabled in Parliament as soon as the school year begins." https://www.la-croix.com/Actualite/France/Les-pensions-des-indigenes-enfin-reevaluees-_NG_-2010-07-14-603811
The “indigenous” soldiers saw their military pensions frozen in 1959 as their countries moved toward independence. A law passed in 2002 promised them restitution, but no funds were authorized until this year, when Jacques Chirac, the president of the republic, attended a screening of “Days of Glory,” a powerful exploration of injustice and resilience that arrived six decades too late, and just in time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/06/movies/06glor.html
en:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Days_of_Glory_(2006_film)
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-frances-shamefully-forgotten-allies-6283364.html
fr:
https://www.courrierinternational.com/revue-de-presse/2006/09/27/ces-soldats-indigenes-enfin-reconnus
https://www.liberation.fr/evenement/2006/09/25/indigenes-fait-craquer-chirac_52394
Hi Fatih Ertu.
There is a Colombian artist from Bogota, who have take the political situation of Colombia to create her sculptural pieces. Her name is Doris Salcedo.
One of her most recent pieces was created using the weapons that FARC (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia) delivered as part of the dialogues peace process.
It's name "Fragmentos" in spanish, is an "Antimonument" made by the victims of the terrorism done by the FARC at the Colombia's little towns.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/10/doris-salcedo-colombian-artist-melts-guns-tiles-peace-monument#:~:text=Last%20year%20the%20Farc%20turned,Fragments%20was%20inaugurated%20on%20Monday.
https://thecitypaperbogota.com/culture/doris-salcedo-turns-farc-weapons-into-counter-monument-to-colombias-peace/20500
There are some colombian artist that maybe you can take into account to your research, Miguel Angel Rojas, Delcy Morelos, Luis Caballero, Beatriz González, just for say someone.
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