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Visual art related to culture jamming, 1990 - 1997

 File — Box: 3

Comments from Mary Dery

Cartoons by Tom Tomorrow;
book excerpt on feminist artists who culture-jam;
parody ad by Komar & Melamid;
New Yorker article on Mel Chin, whose work critiques the media and consumer culture;
NYT article on art and politics that touches on works and issues related to CJ;
article on “A Forest of Signs: Art in the Crisis of Representation” at LA MoCA, “the first significant overview of the strain of 1980s art derived from the style and substance of the media and popular culture”;
slides, letter sent by artist Naomi Lazard in response to my NYT article on culture jamming;
announcement of exhibition by Jaime Davidovich, whose work engages with issues related to CJ;
article on artist Marilyn Minter’s critique of “TV Food Porn”;
article, “Artists of Conscience”;
J. Hoberman article in Village Voice on “Image World” show at Whitney;
call for contributions to anthology about “agit-prop, theory, disinformation,” and other issues related to CJ; article on “activist images”;
Erika Rothenberg materials (reviews, photos, exhibition catalogue);
Ilona Granet materials (gallery opening invitation + button, press release, photos, reviews);
articles on Jenny Holzer, Barbara Kruger, whose proto-memetic use of advertising tagline-like statements to critique media representations of women and the coercive aspects of mass media are adjacent to, if not in league with, culture jammers’ activities.













Dates

  • Creation: 1990 - 1997

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Extent

2 folders

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the University of Iowa Special Collections Repository

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