Identity Politics

The identity politics art movement rose to prominence between the 1960s and 1980s. It followed a series of pioneering political movements concerning the diversity and visual representation of personal identity. As tensions arose from the marginalization of certain socio-political and cultural groups in the USA and across Europe, art quickly became a vehicle of social emancipation and empowerment.

Galvanized by the 1960s Black Civil Rights Movement in the USA, identity politics refers to a series of artists and exhibitions which sought to honor the experiences of historically oppressed groups. Those belonging to the movement revolutionized the depiction of personal identity in art, vehemently protested the discrimination against certain races, genders and sexualities, and ushered in a new age of celebratory, diversely representative, and often deeply subversive art.

Champions of the identity politics movement included Robert Mapplethorpe, Lorna Simpson, Judy Chicago, Martha Rosler, and Felix Gonzalez-Torres. The proliferation of identity politics was radical and widespread: artists celebrated queer spaces, interrogated racial biases, and drove forth the second wave of feminist efforts. See our selection of works inspired by the identity politics movements.

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Body

Grounding Man

Shadow Man

Infinity Man, One

Men & Palm Tree

Palm Climb, Two

Palm Climb, Two

Palm Climb, One

Palm, Four. Sepia

Palm, One

Palm, Three

Palm, Two

Blue Jeans

Men and Boots

Aquarius

Man in Air

A Dance of One

Caballero, Two

Folding man Two: From Motion Series

Folding man One: From Motion Series

Man Curve Four: From Motion Series

Man Curve Three: From Motion Series

Man Curve One: From Motion Series

Man against wall One: From Motion Series

Man Back One

Embrace of Men: from the Blanco series. Archival black and white Pigment print

Untitled 3: from the Blanco series.

Bodice of a man: from the Blanco series.

Man in tunic: from the Blanco series. Archival black and white Pigment print

Embrace of Man: from the Blanco Series. Sepia

Blanco: from the Blanco Series. Sepia

Birth. From the series The Alignment

Stream of Men: From the series "The Alignment"

Interwined. From the series The Alignment

The Alignment.

Leather man

Untitled, Sepia

Paris

Rider

Hombre en red

Engulfment Mosquera 9

Engulfment Cartagena 8

Engulfment Cartagena 7

Engulfment Cartagena 6

Engulfment Cartagena 5

Engulfment Cartagena 4

Engulfment Cartagena 2

Engulfment Cartagena 1

Engulfment (Tatacóa 13)

Apertura 2

Cerro II

Cuerpos II

Cerro

Cuerpos

Palmar. From the Viva series.

Coral. From the Viva series.

Acto Tres. From the series - Acto Uno

Untitled. From the series Acto Uno

Alas Tres. From the series Acto Uno

Alas Dos. From the series Acto Uno

Alas. From the series Acto Uno

Arena. From the series - Acto Uno

Arena Tres. From the series - Acto Uno

Acto Dos. From the series - Acto Uno