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"RIGHT FLANK", painting, surrealist dream, tanks attack birds, peace, protest
"RIGHT FLANK", painting, surrealist dream, tanks attack birds, peace, protest

"RIGHT FLANK", painting, surrealist dream, tanks attack birds, peace, protest

By Tony Geiger

Located in Toronto, Ontario

It's a classic Geiger in that it collides scale, symbols and meaning into a dreamy coherent whole – note the geese in peaceful protest, seemingly giant geese as the tanks rush to att...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Eumelanin

Daniel LumenEumelanin

Unavailable|$10,000

Eumelanin

By Daniel Lumen

Located in New York, NY

Erasure and desaturation, for example, aim to critique said acts specifically within the context of art history,  whilst simultaneously straddling the line between art-as-protest and...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Torchbearer

Daniel LumenTorchbearer

Unavailable|$9,500

Torchbearer

By Daniel Lumen

Located in New York, NY

Erasure and desaturation, for example, aim to critique said acts specifically within the context of art history,  whilst simultaneously straddling the line between art-as-protest and...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Doctor Dog

Daniel LumenDoctor Dog

Unavailable|$8,000

Doctor Dog

By Daniel Lumen

Located in New York, NY

Erasure and desaturation, for example, aim to critique said acts specifically within the context of art history,  whilst simultaneously straddling the line between art-as-protest and...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Cut from the same rug- Mixed Media, Acrylic Paint, Fabric, Rug, Carpet, Text
Cut from the same rug- Mixed Media, Acrylic Paint, Fabric, Rug, Carpet, Text

Cut from the same rug- Mixed Media, Acrylic Paint, Fabric, Rug, Carpet, Text

By Nuveen Barwari

Located in Nashville, TN

The space between a love song and a protest song. Artist Bio: Barwari’s art is influenced by her family histories, being born in the U.S.., and spending her adolescent years in ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Fabric, Acrylic

Come2gether- Dye, Fabric, Oil Paint, Panel, Paper, Mixed Media, Portrait, Figure
Come2gether- Dye, Fabric, Oil Paint, Panel, Paper, Mixed Media, Portrait, Figure

Come2gether- Dye, Fabric, Oil Paint, Panel, Paper, Mixed Media, Portrait, Figure

By Nuveen Barwari

Located in Nashville, TN

The space between a love song and a protest song. Artist Bio: Barwari’s art is influenced by her family histories, being born in the U.S.., and spending her adolescent years in ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Fabric, Paper, Dye, Oil, Panel

Between the lines- Painting, Abstract, Fabric, Oil Paint, Blue, Green, Violet
Between the lines- Painting, Abstract, Fabric, Oil Paint, Blue, Green, Violet

Between the lines- Painting, Abstract, Fabric, Oil Paint, Blue, Green, Violet

By Nuveen Barwari

Located in Nashville, TN

The space between a love song and a protest song. Artist Bio: Barwari’s art is influenced by her family histories, being born in the U.S.., and spending her adolescent years in ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Oil

Untitled- Acrylic Paint, Textile, Mixed Media, Lime Green, Carpet, Rug, Pattern
Untitled- Acrylic Paint, Textile, Mixed Media, Lime Green, Carpet, Rug, Pattern

Untitled- Acrylic Paint, Textile, Mixed Media, Lime Green, Carpet, Rug, Pattern

By Nuveen Barwari

Located in Nashville, TN

The space between a love song and a protest song. Artist Bio: Barwari’s art is influenced by her family histories, being born in the U.S.., and spending her adolescent years in D...

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Textile, Acrylic

Chasing the American Dream- Mixed Media, Fabric, Found Objects, Oil Paint, Paper
Chasing the American Dream- Mixed Media, Fabric, Found Objects, Oil Paint, Paper

Chasing the American Dream- Mixed Media, Fabric, Found Objects, Oil Paint, Paper

By Nuveen Barwari

Located in Nashville, TN

The space between a love song and a protest song. Artist Bio: Barwari’s art is influenced by her family histories, being born in the U.S.., and spending her adolescent years in ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Fabric, Paper, Found Objects, Oil

Flaming Hot 1/2- Mixed Media, Found Objects, Textile, Rug, Carpet, Cheetos
Flaming Hot 1/2- Mixed Media, Found Objects, Textile, Rug, Carpet, Cheetos

Flaming Hot 1/2- Mixed Media, Found Objects, Textile, Rug, Carpet, Cheetos

By Nuveen Barwari

Located in Nashville, TN

The space between a love song and a protest song. Artist Bio: Barwari’s art is influenced by her family histories, being born in the U.S.., and spending her adolescent years in ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Textile, Found Objects

Blue World- Sculpture, Abstract, Fabric, Oil Pastel, Latex Paint, Blue, Rug
Blue World- Sculpture, Abstract, Fabric, Oil Pastel, Latex Paint, Blue, Rug

Blue World- Sculpture, Abstract, Fabric, Oil Pastel, Latex Paint, Blue, Rug

By Nuveen Barwari

Located in Nashville, TN

The space between a love song and a protest song. Artist Bio: Barwari’s art is influenced by her family histories, being born in the U.S.., and spending her adolescent years in D...

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Fabric, Oil Pastel, Latex

'Women of the World United! They Said' Feminist Girl Power Museum Poster
'Women of the World United! They Said' Feminist Girl Power Museum Poster

'Women of the World United! They Said' Feminist Girl Power Museum Poster

By Sharon Hayes

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Exhibition poster from Moderna Museet, Stockholm. 19.68 x 27.55 in 50 x 70 cm From street protest to art spaces – Sharon Hayes highlights activism on the art scene, and is currentl...

Category

2010s Feminist More Prints

Materials

Offset

Krzysztof Wladyka, Animaly 28, (Camel with balloons)

Krzysztof Wladyka, Animaly 28, (Camel with balloons)

By Krzysztof Wladyka

Located in Santa Fe, NM

Wladyka’s Animaly might even be viewed as the art of protest.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Krzysztof Wladyka, Animaly 04, (bird)

Krzysztof Wladyka, Animaly 04, (bird)

By Krzysztof Wladyka

Located in Santa Fe, NM

Wladyka’s Animaly might even be viewed as the art of protest.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Krzysztof Wladyka, Animaly 38, (bird)

Krzysztof Wladyka, Animaly 38, (bird)

By Krzysztof Wladyka

Located in Santa Fe, NM

Wladyka’s Animaly might even be viewed as the art of protest.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Krzysztof Wladyka, Animaly 01, (elephant)

Krzysztof Wladyka, Animaly 01, (elephant)

By Krzysztof Wladyka

Located in Santa Fe, NM

Wladyka’s Animaly might even be viewed as the art of protest.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Guardians of Poseidon - Soulful expressionistic artwork in blue - Sharks
The Guardians of Poseidon - Soulful expressionistic artwork in blue - Sharks

The Guardians of Poseidon - Soulful expressionistic artwork in blue - Sharks

By Karnish Art

Located in Pretoria, Gauteng

While creating this artwork, she let her attention rest on the play of the ocean, the abundance it holds, the power and majestic shark. This is also protest art - awakening art! Ther...

Category

2010s Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Only One Earth - Abstract Bold Invest Statement Protest Contemporary Color
Only One Earth - Abstract Bold Invest Statement Protest Contemporary Color

Only One Earth - Abstract Bold Invest Statement Protest Contemporary Color

By Karnish Art

Located in Pretoria, Gauteng

Title: Only One Earth Abstract Bold Invest Statement Protest Contemporary Color ONLY ONE EARTH... Mars has no Dancing Trees or Roaming Wildlife, no Wonderous Oceans! With acryli...

Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Deerfield Protestors, 1963, Activists at Rally at Dusk, Silver Gelatin Print
Deerfield Protestors, 1963, Activists at Rally at Dusk, Silver Gelatin Print

Deerfield Protestors, 1963, Activists at Rally at Dusk, Silver Gelatin Print

By Art Shay

Located in Chicago, IL

Residents of Deerfield, IL learned a housing developer planned to sell homes in the village to black and white buyers. Many residents opposed integration and sought reasons to halt t...

Category

1960s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

The Police and the Protesters

The Police and the Protesters

By Purvis Young

Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL

A depiction of the nightly police raids of this dangerous neighborhood is adequately complete with its red painted drug dens and crack houses. Purvis Young illustrates aspects of the...

Category

1990s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Feminist Protesting Vietnam War
Feminist Protesting Vietnam War

Feminist Protesting Vietnam War

By Fred McDarrah

Located in Surfside, FL

Grace Atkinson Being Arrested As She Demonstrates Against Richard Nixon's War in Vietnam October 23, 1972 Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generation, ...

Category

20th Century American Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Feminist Protesting Vietnam War
Feminist Protesting Vietnam War

Feminist Protesting Vietnam War

By Fred McDarrah

Located in Surfside, FL

Grace Atkinson Being Arrested As She Demonstrates Against Richard Nixon's War in Vietnam October 23, 1972 Over a 50-year span, McDarrah documented the rise of the Beat Generati...

Category

20th Century American Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Protests in color, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Protests in color, Painting, Oil on Canvas

Protests in color, Painting, Oil on Canvas

By Laurent Proneur

Located in Yardley, PA

2020 Riots, people in the streets...united color of protests. :: Painting :: Contemporary :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Rea...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Oil

Michael Paraskevas Protests Acrylic on Paper, 1986
Michael Paraskevas Protests Acrylic on Paper, 1986

Michael Paraskevas Protests Acrylic on Paper, 1986

By Michael Paraskevas

Located in Astoria, NY

Michael Paraskevas (American, b. 1961), Protests in New York City, Acrylic on Paper, 1986, signed and dated to lower border, unframed. Image: 19" H x 12" W; sheet: 23" H x 14.5" W. P...

Category

Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Bound

Bound

By Kat Flyn

Located in New Orleans, LA

Kat Flyn refers to herself as an Assemblage Sculptor and her works as Political Art or Protest Art. She separates herself from other assemblage artists in that she only employs “save...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Found Objects, Mixed Media

Reality Bowling
Reality Bowling

Reality Bowling

By Kat Flyn

Located in New Orleans, LA

Kat Flyn refers to herself as an Assemblage Sculptor and her works as Political Art or Protest Art. She separates herself from other assemblage artists in that she only employs “save...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Found Objects, Mixed Media

Who Has a Better Right to Oppose the War (vintage Vietnam protest poster)

Who Has a Better Right to Oppose the War (vintage Vietnam protest poster)

By Richard Avedon

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Off-set lithograph in colors 25 x 40 inches Some signs of minor handling; otherwise very good Plate signed on lower left Collections Whitney Museum of American Art - Daniel Wolf Col...

Category

1960s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

Materials

Offset

Museum of Unnatural Selection

Museum of Unnatural Selection

By Kat Flyn

Located in New Orleans, LA

Kat Flyn refers to herself as an Assemblage Sculptor and her works as Political Art or Protest Art. She separates herself from other assemblage artists in that she only employs “save...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

1936 Lithograph Interregnum Street Riot Protest Small Edition Weimar Germany
1936 Lithograph Interregnum Street Riot Protest Small Edition Weimar Germany

1936 Lithograph Interregnum Street Riot Protest Small Edition Weimar Germany

By George Grosz

Located in Surfside, FL

Hand lithography on BFK Rives French hand moulded paper Style: German New Objectivity (Neue Sachlichkeit) According to the frontis these were produced by Hand Lithography. According...

Category

1930s Modern Interior Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Protect and Serve

Protect and Serve

By Ti-Rock Moore

Located in New Orleans, LA

The notion of the artist as activist is at the root of my practice. My art is protest art and is reactive and loud and meant to elicit a higher consciousness.

Category

2010s Contemporary More Art

Just Sayin'

Just Sayin'

By Ti-Rock Moore

Located in New Orleans, LA

The notion of the artist as activist is at the root of my practice. My art is protest art and is reactive and loud and meant to elicit a higher consciousness.

Category

2010s Contemporary More Art

Materials

Neon Light

Cracka House II

Cracka House II

By Ti-Rock Moore

Located in New Orleans, LA

The notion of the artist as activist is at the root of my practice. My art is protest art and is reactive and loud and meant to elicit a higher consciousness.

Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

Freedom

Freedom

By Ti-Rock Moore

Located in New Orleans, LA

The notion of the artist as activist is at the root of my practice. My art is protest art and is reactive and loud and meant to elicit a higher consciousness.

Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Neon Light

Secondary Education
Secondary Education

Secondary Education

By Kat Flyn

Located in New Orleans, LA

Kat Flyn refers to herself as an Assemblage Sculptor and her works as Political Art or Protest Art. She separates herself from other assemblage artists in that she only employs “save...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Choice
Choice

Choice

By Kat Flyn

Located in New Orleans, LA

Kat Flyn refers to herself as an Assemblage Sculptor and her works as Political Art or Protest Art. She separates herself from other assemblage artists in that she only employs “save...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

First Lessons
First Lessons

First Lessons

By Kat Flyn

Located in New Orleans, LA

Kat Flyn refers to herself as an Assemblage Sculptor and her works as Political Art or Protest Art. She separates herself from other assemblage artists in that she only employs “save...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Affordable Housing
Affordable Housing

Affordable Housing

By Kat Flyn

Located in New Orleans, LA

Kat Flyn refers to herself as an Assemblage Sculptor and her works as Political Art or Protest Art. She separates herself from other assemblage artists in that she only employs “save...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

The White House
The White House

The White House

By Kat Flyn

Located in New Orleans, LA

Kat Flyn refers to herself as an Assemblage Sculptor and her works as Political Art or Protest Art. She separates herself from other assemblage artists in that she only employs “save...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Jolly Chinee
Jolly Chinee

Jolly Chinee

By Kat Flyn

Located in New Orleans, LA

Kat Flyn refers to herself as an Assemblage Sculptor and her works as Political Art or Protest Art. She separates herself from other assemblage artists in that she only employs “save...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Land of Opportunity
Land of Opportunity

Land of Opportunity

By Kat Flyn

Located in New Orleans, LA

Kat Flyn refers to herself as an Assemblage Sculptor and her works as Political Art or Protest Art. She separates herself from other assemblage artists in that she only employs “save...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Altered Boy

Altered Boy

By Kat Flyn

Located in New Orleans, LA

Kat Flyn refers to herself as an Assemblage Sculptor and her works as Political Art or Protest Art. She separates herself from other assemblage artists in that she only employs “save...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Tar Baby
Tar Baby

Tar Baby

By Kat Flyn

Located in New Orleans, LA

Kat Flyn refers to herself as an Assemblage Sculptor and her works as Political Art or Protest Art. She separates herself from other assemblage artists in that she only employs “save...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Serving Our Country
Serving Our Country

Serving Our Country

By Kat Flyn

Located in New Orleans, LA

Kat Flyn refers to herself as an Assemblage Sculptor and her works as Political Art or Protest Art. She separates herself from other assemblage artists in that she only employs “save...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Mary Brown's Sampler
Mary Brown's Sampler

Mary Brown's Sampler

By Kat Flyn

Located in New Orleans, LA

Kat Flyn refers to herself as an Assemblage Sculptor and her works as Political Art or Protest Art. She separates herself from other assemblage artists in that she only employs “save...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Creole

Creole

By Kat Flyn

Located in New Orleans, LA

Kat Flyn refers to herself as an Assemblage Sculptor and her works as Political Art or Protest Art. She separates herself from other assemblage artists in that she only employs “save...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Extinction

Extinction

By Kat Flyn

Located in New Orleans, LA

Kat Flyn refers to herself as an Assemblage Sculptor and her works as Political Art or Protest Art. She separates herself from other assemblage artists in that she only employs “save...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Bleachers
Bleachers

Bleachers

By Kat Flyn

Located in New Orleans, LA

Kat Flyn refers to herself as an Assemblage Sculptor and her works as Political Art or Protest Art. She separates herself from other assemblage artists in that she only employs “save...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Trappings
Trappings

Trappings

By Kat Flyn

Located in New Orleans, LA

Kat Flyn refers to herself as an Assemblage Sculptor and her works as Political Art or Protest Art. She separates herself from other assemblage artists in that she only employs “save...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

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