"Confronting the Capitalist Crisis" - Justseeds Radical Art Cooperative

Wednesday, August 5, 2009 -
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

"Confronting the Capitalist Crisis," Justseeds Radical Art Cooperative’s first solo exhibition in Arizona, focuses on the continued confrontation between the artist-activist and the impending doom of the capitalist economic system. By working both individually and collaboratively, Justseeds’ visual practice expresses a growing antagonism to capitalist domination and the continued threat of corporate globalization. Bringing together dozens of prints, including serigraphs, relief prints, offset lithographs and stencils, "Confronting the Capitalist Crisis" highlights the numerous ways that the printed image may be used to challenge the corporate domination of visual space.

Justseeds is a decentralized radical artists’ cooperative consisting of 20-plus members who live in Brooklyn, N.Y.; Detroit; Pittsburgh; Portland, Ore.; Milwaukee, Wis.; Montreal, Quebec; San Francisco; Oakland, Calif. and other rural and urban communities across North America. Together they work on a myriad of projects where art is used as an active tool integral to social justice movements. Justseeds is best known for political printmaking, maintaining a blog that socially engages in discourse about street art and radical news, large-scale group installations and a recent portfolio project in honor of the 10-year anniversary of Critical Resistance, a grassroots organization committed to opposing the prison-industrial complex. The cooperative is currently completing an illustrated  book on radical history in the Americas and has exhibited throughout North America and the world.

There will be a closing reception on Oct.1 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Gallery Hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
It is free to the public. The Joseph Gross and Lionel Rombach Galleries are located on The University of Arizona campus between the Museum of Art and the Center for Creative Photography. Parking is available on Second Street, east of Park Avenue or in the parking garage north of Speedway on Park Avenue.

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