{"product_id":"for-freedoms-where-do-we-go-from-here-hardcover","title":"For Freedoms: Where Do We Go from Here? - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHank Thomas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEric Gottesman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichelle Woo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first monograph of the hundreds of billboards by artist-led coalition For Freedoms, the largest public creative collaboration in American history\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFounded in 2016 by Hank Willis Thomas, Eric Gottesman, Wyatt Gallery, and Michelle Woo, For Freedoms is an artist-led organization that uses art as a catalyst for creative civic engagement, discourse, and direct action. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the aim to infuse an anti-partisan, arts-based perspective into the political landscape, For Freedoms has collaborated with thousands of artists, activists, and scholars to create more than 500 evocative billboards that use art as a vehicle to deepen public discussions on civic issues and core values. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis comprehensive volume includes billboards created between 2016-2023 by over 400 established artists, including Derrick Adams, Gina Belafonte, Sanford Biggers, Paula Crown, Shepard Fairey, Theaster Gates, Guerrilla Girls, Jenny Holzer, Rashid Johnson, JR, Christine Sun Kim, Marilyn Minter, Sof?a Gallis? Muriente, Gordon Parks, Kameelah Janan Rasheed, Maggie Rogers, Hank Willis Thomas, Carrie Mae Weems, and Ai Weiwei, among many more. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new book celebrates how For Freedoms has transformed public commercial space into exhibition space and launched a creative collaboration of epic proportion. Published ahead of the 2024 American presidential election, it also underscores the For Freedoms mission to model how art can urge communities into greater action and participation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor Freedoms\u003c\/b\u003e - a modern reimagining of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1941 Four Freedoms speech - was awarded the National Arts Award by Americans for the Arts (2022); honored with the Art for Justice Visionaries Award by the Bronx Museum of Art (2019); and received the Infinity Award for New Media and Online Platform from the International Center for Photography (2017).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHank Willis Thomas\u003c\/b\u003e is a Brooklyn-based conceptual artist whose work focuses on identity, history, and popular culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEric Gottesman \u003c\/b\u003eis a Washington D.C.-based visual artist whose work addresses nationalism, migration, structural violence, and history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichelle Woo\u003c\/b\u003e is Los Angeles-based art producer, art historian, and arts business consultant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWyatt Gallery\u003c\/b\u003e is a Trinidad-based photographic artist who uses his work to spark empathy and curiosity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003etaylor brock\u003c\/b\u003e is a Los Angeles-based creative producer and curator.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 360\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 12.2 x 9.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763362398496,"sku":"9781580936620","price":64.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/be5a538c020e96ef2355c0a5d109a8cc.webp?v=1780233249","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/for-freedoms-where-do-we-go-from-here-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}