Artforum has created a video this week examining the current landscape of politically-centered art, as a group of artists including Marilyn Minter, Hans Haacke, and Nadia Ayari, among others, discuss the practice and necessity of politically-oriented work.  “If I am deeply aware of my humanity, then I must be deeply aware of yours,” Carrie Mae Weems says.  “That’s the social contract that exists between us.”
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