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Oh the irony: freedom of expression in a corporate media world

by Carlyn Yandle | Jan 9, 2015 | Art Discourse, Banksy, Bob Krieger, Cartoon, Critique, Drawing, Editorial, Media, Newspapers, Protest, Social Engagement, Social Justice, Social Media

I’m writing this as the radio airs a live report of gunfire. The French police have just killed the two brothers who hunted down particular editorial workers at the satirical Paris magazine two days ago, murdering 12.A bloodbath over hand-drawn images is over...

The most powerful art might be made of garbage

by Carlyn Yandle | Nov 22, 2013 | Art, Art Discourse, Climate Change, Critique, Culture, Environmental Art, Expression, Found Objects, Globalization, Motivation, Performance Art, Political Art, Social Justice

Carlyn Yandle photo The astronomical private art-investor feeding frenzy at prestigious auction houses is light years away from art. It’s a greedy need for prestige, worlds apart from the hand of Picasso or Andy Warhol and, most recently, Francis Bacon and the...

Power of art is as plain as Putin’s drag face

by Carlyn Yandle | Oct 4, 2013 | Culture Jamming, Expression, Joel Bakan, Painting, Performance, Performance Art, Political Art, Public Art, Social Engagement, Social History, Social Justice

Whenever I’m hit with another CBC countdown promo of its exclusive Canadian coverage of the Winter Olympics in Sochi that viral image of Putin in drag makeup pops into my head.That one cheeky act packs a political wallop and reminds me that while the pen is...

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