Uploaded December 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
American art today is confronting issues of racism, colonialism and identity head on. What is it like to be a visual artist in America now, where the public debate is dominated by Trumpism on the one hand and Black Lives Matter on the other?
On 16 Dec. 2020, the John Adams joined forces with Kunsthal KAdE to talk about art and activism in America now. Our guests were two American artists, Dread Scott and Alixa Garcia, whose work was on view in the exhibition 'This Is America' at KAdE in Amersfoort. Alixa is also one of the driving forces behind the artist-led activist organization For Freedoms. Dread and Alixa will be joined by Dutch artist Patricia Kaersenhout, who is represented in the exhibition 'Say It Loud' at the Bonnefantenmuseum in Maastricht.
Dread Scott’s description of his work goes straight to the heart of the matter: “I am a visual artist, and I make revolutionary art to propel history forwards.”
American art today is confronting issues of racism, colonialism and identity head on. What is it like to be a visual artist in America now, where the public debate is dominated by Trumpism on the one hand and Black Lives Matter on the other?
On 16 Dec. 2020, the John Adams joined forces with Kunsthal KAdE to talk about art and activism in America now. Our guests were two American artists, Dread Scott and Alixa Garcia, whose work was on view in the exhibition 'This Is America' at KAdE in Amersfoort. Alixa is also one of the driving forces behind the artist-led activist organization For Freedoms. Dread and Alixa will be joined by Dutch artist Patricia Kaersenhout, who is represented in the exhibition 'Say It Loud' at the Bonnefantenmuseum in Maastricht.
Dread Scott’s description of his work goes straight to the heart of the matter: “I am a visual artist, and I make revolutionary art to propel history forwards.”
