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capitalism
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The Last Shift Office Chair
Read more: The Last Shift Office Chair“The Last Shift Office Chair” is a project that features chairs to die for … literally. The project was created by a UK designer that goes by the name Chairbox, and includes handcrafted office chairs where the body of the…
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Mika Rottenberg: Cosmic Generator
Read more: Mika Rottenberg: Cosmic GeneratorCosmic Generator presents a network of characters working in nonsensical, and at times absurd, economies. Artist Mika Rottenberg uses footage from actual discount dollar stores in Calexico, CA; Mexicali, Mexico; and Yiwu, China to recreate the imaginary “life” of a…
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Marxism will give health to the sick
Read more: Marxism will give health to the sickTo mark the 200th anniversary of Karl Marx, PL Henderson offers an appreciation of one of Frida Kahlo’s greatest paintings, which was heavily influenced by Marx’s creative thinking. One of the last paintings Frida Kahlo ever created was entitled ´Marxism…
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Ace Bank
Read more: Ace BankACE Bank was a hoax bank developed as part of a bigger campaign by Netwerk Vlaanderen, a Belgian organization concerned with banks’ responsibilities for what they invest in. ACE bank was an elaborate deception, with a headquarters in central Brussels,…
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Land O Rape Culture Stickers Replace Land O Lakes Butter Packaging
Read more: Land O Rape Culture Stickers Replace Land O Lakes Butter PackagingStickers imitating the Land O Lakes Butter packaging are being placed in grocery stores over the original packaging. The packaging has been altered to say “Land O Rape – Culture” by street artist Recycled Propaganda. External sources: https://www.instagram.com/p/BeyQ2Xzn9zY/?taken-by=recycledpropaganda http://recycledpropaganda.com/ https://recycledpropaganda.com/product/land-o-rape-sticker/
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Pop Art as Social Commentary
Read more: Pop Art as Social CommentaryA Côte d’Ivoire-based artist, known as Kadarick, draws on the fantastical powers of The Hulk, Spiderman and Wonder Woman to articulate today’s fears. In a new pop-art series of 23 paintings titled Joker, the self-taught painter explores pop culture, politics,…
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Museum of Capitalism
Read more: Museum of CapitalismImagine a world without capitalism. That simple yet seemingly impossible task is at the core of the Museum of Capitalism, a new speculative institution set to open its doors in Oakland, California, on June 17th. Through August 20th, the free…
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Capitalism Works For Me! True/False
Read more: Capitalism Works For Me! True/FalseA 20ft by 9ft scoreboard that reads “Capitalism Works For Me!” and allows visitors to vote on whether Capitalism works in their lives by pressing a button for True or False. “Capitalism is discussed every day using euphemisms like ‘jobs,’…
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Time/Bank
Read more: Time/BankTime as currency is an interesting economic model related to artistic practice. According to the creators of Time/Bank, Julieta Aranda and Anton Vidokle, the project “is a tool by which people or a group of people can create an alternative…
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Anti-Capitalism Art on the Louvre’s Glass Pyramid
Read more: Anti-Capitalism Art on the Louvre’s Glass PyramidFor the first time since its controversial installation in 1989, the I.M. Pei-designed Louvre Pyramid has been decorated in a museum-sanctioned act of anti-capitalist activism. Italian conceptual artist Michelangelo Pistoletto has imposed a three-looped infinity symbol on the pyramid’s western…