When Art is Used for Making a Statement
When Art is Used for Making a Statement A contemporary art exhibition titled The Visual as Political, Artist Statements was shown from 24th until 28th of April 2017 at the Laverne Krause Gallery. The display was organized and curated by Sloane Kochman and Mason Moorman with the support of the UO Art History Association. Together they have managed to gather the works of a group of young and talented artists who have their own vision of various socio-political issues and were not afraid to make bold political statements, embodied and expressed in the pieces of art. Among the participants of the exhibition, there were yet little known, but undoubtedly endowed artists, namely Nathan Bergfelt, Taylor Bowden, Gaby Chadowitz, Izzy Cho, Lily Cox-Skall, Haley Duhaime, Shool Haddadi, Tracie Jackson, Grace Kwon, Jade Lazaris, Asha Logan, Jessy Webster, and Sam Wrigglesworth. In spite of the fact that the exhibition was not limited to a single art form, like displaying photographs, paintings, pos