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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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Photography, Recordings IV, Javier Rey

Recordings IV

Javier Rey

Photography - 80 x 46 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 18.1 x 0 inch

€1,189

Sculpture, Entrelazar 5, Javier Rey

Entrelazar 5

Javier Rey

Sculpture - 32 x 32 x 8 cm Sculpture - 12.6 x 12.6 x 3.1 inch

€915

Sculpture, Le marin, Patricia Simsa

Le marin

Patricia Simsa

Sculpture - 155 x 45 x 30 cm Sculpture - 61 x 17.7 x 11.8 inch

€6,000

Fine Art Drawings, La-Estocada, Juan Boilero

La-Estocada

Juan Boilero

Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 29.7 x 8 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.7 x 3.1 inch

€450

Painting, Lotus 02, Poonam Choudhary

Lotus 02

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 121.9 x 76.2 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 30 x 2 inch

€686

Painting, shelters, Poonam Choudhary

shelters

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 121.9 x 152.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 60 x 2 inch

€1,692

Painting, Black 01, Poonam Choudhary

Black 01

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 61 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 24 x 48 x 1.5 inch

€732

Painting, Home, Emmanuel Ojebola

Home

Emmanuel Ojebola

Painting - 91.4 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 48 x 1 inch

€4,116

Painting, Portrait, Béatrice Terra

Portrait

Béatrice Terra

Painting - 90 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,500

Print, Growing III, Keith Haring

Growing III

Keith Haring

Print - 76.2 x 101.6 x 2 cm Print - 30 x 40 x 0.8 inch

€91,464

Print, Growing II, Keith Haring

Growing II

Keith Haring

Print - 76.2 x 101.6 x 2 cm Print - 30 x 40 x 0.8 inch

€91,464