This exhibit strives to capture the immediacy and timelessness of modern protests – both in the United States and Western Europe – by focusing on the powerful and creative signage that distinguishes a protest from a parade. These signs are sometimes funny, often angry and always powerful. They reflect the moral challenge and mounting anxiety that arises from the increasingly chaotic political climate of the past half century. Voicing dissent and attempting to sway public opinion through marches, sit-ins, and protests are the means by which we let our leaders and governors hear the voices of the people. Using peaceful, organized dissent, we begin the process of shaping new forms of economic, social, and class relations. Protests are politics in its most urgent guise.
Ed Eckstein, an Easton local, started his career in the sixties, documenting the social upheavals of the era. He continues to photograph on a world-wide basis for a number of clients in the editorial, corporate and advertising sectors. He calls his brand of imagery ‘non-fiction photography’, images non-manipulated and distilled from visual encounters with humanity and place.
Regional Artists Gallery of the Sigal Museum | Included in general admission
September 28, 2018 – January 6, 2019
Catalogue available to purchase in the Museum Store