DEMOCRACY
IN AMERICA:
Political Satire Then and Now
Arizona State University Art Museum
August 31 through November 19, 2004
Image credit: Julian Schnabel, Vote, 1992, Screenprint, 29 x
38 ¾”
Collection of the ASU Art Museum, purchased with funds provided by the
American Art Heritage Fund
Welcome Back Students Party:
Tuesday, August 31, 5-8 p.m.
Public Reception:
Friday, October 22, 7-9 p.m.
The evening also marks the opening of the following exhibitions:
Dennis Oppenheim: Alternate Current
Wit and Wine: A New Look at Ancient
Iranian Ceramics from the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation
Lecture to be announced
DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA: Political Satire
Then and Now
The exhibition presents works that depict political figures and events,
some reverential but most satirical. Contemporary works are placed in
historical context to demonstrate the persistence of the satiric spirit
in political discourse and the recurrence of similar concerns from the
17th century to the present. The exhibition presents a variety of media
by regional and nationally known artists, and a wide variety of points
of view.
The goal of the project is to encourage discussion and raise awareness of the privilege and responsibility of voting. The exhibition offers the opportunity to bring children to learn about the election process through Kids Voting.
Plus, you can register to vote at the museum through October 2, then VOTE on November 2!
Artists in the Exhibition
Artists in the exhibition include: Eric Avery, Russell Barnett Aitken,
Jim Budde, Enrique Chagoya, Colin Chillag, Sue Coe, Dan Collins, Robbie
Conal, William Coupon, Honoré Daumier, Linda Eddy, Arthur Habegger,
Heide Hesse, William Hogarth,, John Haddock, Charles Howe, Benito Huerta,
Peter Kuper, Carolyn Lavender, Roy Lichtenstein, Larry Litt, Leopoldo
Mendez, Thomas Nast, Mark Newport, Luo Xiao Ping, James Poppitz, Alfred
Quiroz, Lynn Randolph, Michael Rich, John Risseeuw, Mike Ritter, Norman
Rockwell, Barb Ross, William Sartain, Julian Schnabel, Gregg and Evan
Spiridellis, Paul Szep, Einar and Janex de la Torre and Betty Wells.
Exhibition Organization
Organized by Peter Held, Heather Sealy Lineberry, Jean Makin, John Spiak,
Marilyn Zeitlin, with education/outreach programs by Ted Decker and Laura
Stewart, Democracy in America will be installed in the Arizona
State University Art Museum’s Nelson Fine Arts Center location.
Hours
Democracy in America: Political Satire Then and Now (August 31
– November 19, 2004) is open at the ASU Art Museum: Tuesday from
10am – 9pm, and Wednesday through Saturday from 10am to 5pm.
Support
The exhibition and related programs are supported in part by Friends of
the ASU Art Museum.
ASU Art Museum Exhibitions
Selected past exhibitions at the ASU Art Museum
include:
Bill Viola: Buried Secrets
Sue Coe: Tragedy of War Series
Screenshots: Digital Drawings by Jon Haddock
lMillennial Myths: Paintings by Lynn Randolph
The Aftermath (9/11)” Photographs by
Janis Lewin
Contemporary Art from Cuba: Irony and Survival
on the Utopian Island
William Kentridge: Works from Valley
Collections
Spectrum: An Idea of History
Pipilotti Rist: Sip My Ocean
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