FOR FREEDOMS JACK SHAINMAN GALLERY, NEW YORK

FOR FREEDOMS

JACK SHAINMAN GALLERY, NEW YORK

30 JUN 2016 TO 5 AUG 2016

Jack Shainman Gallery presents For Freedoms. As the first artist-run super PAC, For Freedoms uses art to inspire deeper political engagement in the 2016 American Presidential election.

Co-founded by Hank Willis Thomas and Eric Gottesman, For Freedoms raises awareness of the impact of money on our political system and questions the notion of “freedom” in the twin contexts of art and politics. “Our mission is to use the super PAC apparatus to encourage new forms of critical discourse surrounding the 2016 presidential election.” – Eric Gottesman.

For Freedoms is a collaboration between Hank Willis Thomas, Eric Gottesman, Wyatt Gallery, Joeonna Bellorado-Samuels, Michelle Woo, and Albert James Ignacio. Additional artists collaborating with the super PAC include:

Nina Chanel Abney, Yorgo Alexopoulos, Edgar Arceneaux, Shimon Attie, Firelei Báez, Zoë Buckman, Cassils, Paula Crown, Wendy Ewald, Wyatt Gallery, Chitra Ganesh, Maria Gaspar, Mariam Ghani, Jim Goldberg, Eric Gottesman, Justin Brice Guariglia, Pablo Helguera, Sohrab Hura, Alfredo Jaar, Matthew Day Jackson, Rashid Johnson, Titus Kaphar, Coby Kennedy, Marilyn Minter, Aida Muluneh, Jackie Nickerson, Trevor Paglen, Michele Pred, People’s Kitchen Collective, Prison-to-College Pipeline, Kameelah Janan Rasheed, Jim Ricks, Norman Rockwell, Andres Serrano, Bayeté Ross Smith, Dread Scott, Xaviera Simmons, Alec Soth, Will Steacy, Mikhael Subotzky, Mickalene Thomas, Hank Willis Thomas, Fred Tomaselli, Mark and Laurence Tribe, Katrina Walker, Nari Ward, Leslie Wayne, Todd Webb, Carrie Mae Weems

As part of a long history of artists addressing the political institutions of the societies in which they work, the work included will support candidates who promote a real exchange of ideas, who promote all voices, and who approach politics as a form of civic service. “We believe it’s time for artists to become more involved in the political process.” – Hank Willis Thomas.

The exhibited artworks will then be transformed into advertisements and positioned nationwide on billboards, as well as print and digital media spaces as a form of public “gallery”.