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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Hombre and Silla. From The Nostalgic Series

Engulfment, Nacional 7

Engulfment Tatacóa 5

I melt #6

Amorphisms 9

Amorphisms 8

Amorphisms 6

Amorphisms 1

An Insipid Notion #12

Rayas One and Rayas Three, Diptych

Bailarin I

Danza de Fortuna Tres. From the series "Danza de Fortuna"

Caballero, Two and One, Diptych

Bu?o. From The Leather ands Skin Series

Amorphisms (él)

Arco. From the series Espiral

Amorphisms (solo)

Errabundeo (Córdoba 2)

Body, Three

Body, Two

Man

Thinking Man

Infinity Man, Two

Rafael

Man in Motion

Man in Air

Man against wall Two: From Motion Series

Untitled 2: from the Blanco series.

Conception: From the series "The Alignment"

Ignited : From the series "The Alignment"

Union : From the series “The Alignment”

Acto Dos, Acto Uno and Acto Tres, Triptych

Amorphism 77

Engulfment Cartagena 9. Framed

Untitled 2

Caballero. From The series Horse and Dancer

Apertura

Cerro de Hombres

Acto Uno. From the series - Acto Uno

Arena Cuatro. From the series Acto Uno

Arena Dos. From the series - Acto Uno

Centre Line. From the series "Acto Uno"

Danza de fortuna dos. From the series "Danza de Fortuna"

Errabundeo (Córdoba 7)

Errabundeo (Córdoba 6)

Bodice of a Man and Man in Tunic, Diptych

Apertura and Apertura II, Diptych

Silla Clemente. From The Nostalgic Series

Engulfment Mosquera 1 and Mosquera 5, Diptych

Engulfment Tatacóa 1, Cartagena 4 and Tatacóa 13, Triptych

Engulfment - Cartagena 4 and Mosquera 5, Diptych

Untitled 2. From The Leather ands Skin Series

Untitled. From The Leather ands Skin Series

Cerro and Cuerpos II, Diptych

Errabundeo (Córdoba 1)

Engulfment, Mosquera 1

I melt #5

Amorphisms 7

Amorphisms 5

Amorphisms 4

Amorphisms 2

Amorphisms 3. Framed

I'm consumed #4

Engulfment, Stadium #1

Boy

Man jumping out of water One: From Motion Series