Insurgent Images: The Agitprop Murals of Mike Alewitz - Softcover

Alewitz, Mike; Buhle, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1583670343 ISBN 13: 9781583670347

Publisher: Monthly Review Press, 2002

Synopsis

"Mike Alewitz's art has given eloquent voice to the aspirations of working people throughout the world."
—Martin Sheen

The 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 Images contains 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.

About this title

About the Author:

Mike Alewitz teaches mural painting at Central Connecticut State University and is the artistic director of the Labor Art and Mural Project.

Review:

"Mike Alewitz's art has given eloquent voice to the aspirations of working people throughout the world."—-Martin Sheen

About this edition

• Publisher: Monthly Review Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1583670343
• ISBN 13: 9781583670347
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160