Barbara Kruger, Untitled from the exhibition White: Whiteness and Race in Contemporary Art, card, International Center of Photography, 2004. Size: 7.5 x 5.25 Inches — Available
It’s hard to focus on art ephemera from the 1980s and 1990s when the news of the day keeps intruding. But, unfortunately, racial prejudice, the threat to abortion rights, and the constant menace of war and gun violence are ongoing concerns. All of the art ephemera featured here is from at least twenty years ago.
Jane Dickson, My Body, My Choice, poster, early 1980
Jane Dickson, My Body, My Choice, xerox poster, early 1980. 14 x 8.5 Inches
From Jane Dickson: “I made this for the big women’s march in the early 1980s. It also ran in the Village Voice to announce the march. I remember Keith Haring handing out his radiant baby pins on 5th Avenue and 39th Street as we marched by.”
Karen Finley, A Woman’s Life Isn’t Worth Much, card, Franklin Furnace, 1990
Karen Finley, A Woman’s Life Isn’t Worth Much, card, Franklin Furnace, 1990. Size: 5.5 x 8.5 Inches — Available
From the Franklin Furnace website: “Franklin Furnace was demonized by Republican Senator Jesse Helms for exhibiting Karen Finley’s A Woman’s Life Isn’t Worth Much (1990)—an installation that examined rape, incest, and abortion through texts, drawings, and paintings.”
Kiki Smith and Jolie Stahl, Notepad With Uterus Drawings, 1983
Kiki Smith and Jolie Stahl, Notepad With Uterus Drawings, 1983. Size: 4 x 5 Inches — Available
This item is from the A More Store sponsored by Collaborative Projects Inc (Colab) in 1983. This notepad features two different designs (one by Smith and one by Stahl) on approximately 100 alternating sheets of paper.
James Rosenquist, Professional Courtesy (1996), folded card for the exhibition Target Practice, Feigen Incorporated (Chicago), 1996
James Rosenquist, Professional Courtesy (1996), folded card for the exhibition Target Practice, Feigen Incorporated (Chicago), 1996. Size: 5.5 x 5.5 Inches — Available
The perspective makes it seem as if one gun is pointing at the viewer, who in turn seems to be pointing the other gun back into the canvas. Rosenquist has written, “These paintings are intended to be non decorative and oblique. I hope they question the idea of who really is the target.”
Rineke Dijsktra, Israel Portraits, five-fold card, The Art Institute of Chicago, 2001
Rineke Dijsktra, Israel Portraits, five-fold card, The Art Institute of Chicago, 2001. Size: 24.5 x 5.5 Inches (Unfolded) — Available
From Artforum: “Dijkstra systematically photographed young women on their first day in the army and young men immediately after a military shooting exercise in the mountains… These are documentary photos of young people who’ve just been through something, and the trace of that experience disturbs everything.”
Yoko Ono, Gun Control Billboard, card, 2000
Yoko Ono, Gun Control Billboard, card, 2000. Size: 4.25 x 6 Inches — Available
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