TRUMP: BACKWARD - FORWARD | Minneapolis College of Art and Design

TRUMP: BACKWARD - FORWARD

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Gallery 148
Gallery Exhibition
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Promotional graphic for TRUMP: BACKWARD - FORWARD exhibition

TRUMP: BACKWARD-FORWARD features ten artists from different cultural backgrounds using a variety of media to create work in response to the current socio-political climate.

The exhibition promotes collaboration, dialogue, and information as a way to critically act against the system and to build a more inclusive society.

Featured Artists

  • Daniel Ploof
  • Essma Imady
  • Jacob Yeates*
  • Jennifer Jurgens
  • Jonathan Herrera*
  • Samantha Russell*
  • Sishir Bommakanti*
  • ShunYong
  • Piotr Szyhalski*
  • Zoe Cinel*

*These artists are participating in the panel discussion on February 17.


About the Show
Looking back at history and, in particular, at the singular case of Italy and its four-time prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, this show urges viewers to reflect on the consequences of corruption and the effect of populism in politics and on the cultural identity of a nation.

  • How have these factors affected and how do they continue to affect the socio-economical system, the culture, and the educational system in Italy?
  • What similarities can be found with the contemporary American scenario?
  • Is it possible to invert this process?
  • Looking forward to a more equal future; what reaction will make that future possible?

The answer? Critical thinking; prevention is always better than a cure.


About the Curator
Zoe Cinel has been and activist and a feminist for ten years, as a part of many collectives and antagonist militant movements in Italy. She has curated shows in many independent and underground avenues in and around Florence since 2009.