ANTI-AUTHORITARIAN
 
Demagoguery, White Supremacy, and Resistance
 
Nic[o] Brierre Aziz, Christy Chan, Nicólas González-Medina, Doug Hall, and Kal Spelletich
 
April 19th – June 7th, 2025
 
Opening Reception, Saturday, April 19th 6:00 – 9:00pm
Closing Reception, Saturday, June 7th, 2:00 – 4:00pm
 
An exhibition of political art, registering the re-election of Donald Trump as an authoritarian take-over of the country. The show adopts an historical lens on our current crisis, foregrounding the authoritarian tendency in American politics, tying this tendency to the white supremacy integral to our country’s past, and highlighting these artists’ voices as protests against the ever-present threat of authoritarianism – now taking hold of our society.

EVENTS

Nic[o] Brierre Aziz: In Conversation
Tuesday, April 22nd, 6:00 –8:00 pm
Free and open to the public

Art and Politics:
A Panel Discussion with NicólasGonzález-Medina and Kal Spelletich
Wednesday, April 30th, 6:00 –8:00 pm
Free and open to the public

May There Be Light:
A Two-Part Workshop on Large Scale ProjectionArt
Presented by Christy Chan
Wednesday, May 14th and Tuesday, May 20th,6:00 - 8:00pm
Free with registration, limited to eight people
(We strongly encourage participation by BIPOC and LGBTQ folk and political activists).

This is Doug Hall:
A conversation with artist Doug Hall about his recently published memoir
Date and time: TBD
Free and open to the public

FULL STATEMENT

Since the beginning of his second term as President, Donald Trump has undertaken a frontal assault on our political institutions, aimed solely at consolidating his power. He has actively undermined the rule of law and exploited his position for the enrichment of himself and his cronies. He has implemented loyalty tests, based on acceptance of the “Big Lie” that the last election was stolen, and he has initiated a radical racist, sexist, and homophobic ideological agenda, targeting the most vulnerable, marginalized people in our society and subjecting them to extra-legal forms of discrimination and persecution.

As an exhibition of political art, this show aims to register the re-election of Donald Trump, as an authoritarian take-over of the country that we are watching unfold in real time. At the same time, the show adopts an historical lens on our current crisis, foregrounding the longstanding authoritarian tendency in American politics, from Huey Long to George Wallace and beyond; and it ties this tendency to the authoritarianism of white supremacy integral to our country’s history. That is, not only have authoritarian movements in America’s past been marked by their xenophobia and racism, but white supremacy itself has functioned too often as a pervasive form of authoritarianism, plaguing the lives of people of color in this country.

Finally, the show aims to mark a site of resistance, platforming these artists’ voices as political protests – integral to their work as artists – and championing public activist opposition to the ever-present threat of authoritarianism, now taking hold of our society.

ADDITIONAL IMAGES

image credit: Kal Spelletich, American Aria

image credit: Christy Chan, Dear America

Image Credit: Nicólas González-Medina, Migrantes Sin Nada Que Perder

image credit: Nic[o] Brierre Aziz, Gazing

image credit: Doug Hall, A Brief History of American Demagoguery

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