Insurgent Images : The Agitprop Murals of Mike Alewitz

by Alewitz, Mike

• ISBN13: 9781583670347
• ISBN10: 1583670343
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-07-01
• Publisher: Monthly Review Press

Summary

"Mike Alewitz's art has given eloquent voice to the aspirations of working people throughout the world." --Martin SheenThe most prolific U.S. labor muralist since the 1940s, Alewitz illuminates the hidden spaces where connections between the U.S. workforce and its extended relatives across the planet are to be found.Insurgent Imagescontains murals for the Teamsters, the Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers, the Communications Workers, United Electrical Workers, the United Farm Workers, as well as the Highlander Folk School and other labor institutions. Other works respond to dramatic events such as the 1984 strike of P-9 workers in Austin, Minnesota, the 1991 rebellion in Los Angeles, and the tragedy at Chernobyl. Altogether, this collection presents an inspiring artistic reading of our epoch.

Author Biography

Paul Buhle teaches American Civilization at Brown University Mike Alewitz is a renowned muralist and labor activist. For three decades he has been active in movements for peace and social justice. He teaches mural painting at Central Connecticut State University and is the artistic director of the Labor Art and Mural Project

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi
Martin Sheen
Introduction Visual Radicalism in the United States and the Mural Art of Mike Alewitz	1	(18)
The Education of a Radical Artist	19	(16)
P-9, The Austin Mural	35	(14)
Labor Solidarity (for Artists Too!)	49	(24)
Lit By Lamp	73	(26)
Visions of a Different Future	99	(29)
Postscript	128	(12)
Notes	140	(2)
Acknowledgments	142	(2)
Mike Alewitz
Selected Muralography	144	(3)
Index	147