Taking Sides

Exhibition

June 10, 2017 – October 15, 2017

Ed Paschke, Kontato, 1984. Color lithograph on paper, 34 1/4 x 24 1/8 inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Anonymous gift.

overview

“A poet’s work is to name the unnamable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it from going to sleep.” – Salman Rushdie, 1989

Taking Sides explores the tradition of social critique in modern and contemporary art. Drawn from the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art permanent collection, its title is taken from a quote of Salman Rushdie, the renowned novelist and essayist.

Nancy Mladenoff, Ideology Primer II, 1989. Painting on printed fabric, 34 x 40 inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Gift of David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson.

Claes Oldenburg, Ray Gun, 1972. Screenprint, 30 x 22 ½ inches. Collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Purchase, through funds from the Brittingham Foundation.

Artwork

Angel Whispers. Artist: Terry Allen. Date: 1981. Medium: lithograph.

Angel Whispers

1981

Terry Allen

Demonstration, Glenwood, Minnesota. Artist: Thomas Frederick Arndt. Date: 1985. Medium: gelatin silver print.

Demonstration, Glenwood, Minnesota

1985

Thomas Frederick Arndt

Demonstration, State Capitol, St. Paul, Minnesota. Artist: Thomas Frederick Arndt. Date: 1986. Medium: gelatin silver print.

Demonstration, State Capitol, St. Paul, Minnesota

1986

Thomas Frederick Arndt

Demonstration, St. Paul, Minnesota. Artist: Thomas Frederick Arndt. Date: 1986. Medium: gelatin silver print.

Demonstration, St. Paul, Minnesota

1986

Thomas Frederick Arndt

Demonstration, St. Paul, Minnesota. Artist: Thomas Frederick Arndt. Date: 1985. Medium: gelatin silver print.

Demonstration, St. Paul, Minnesota

1985

Thomas Frederick Arndt

General Nuke. Artist: Robert Arneson. Date: 1986. Medium: lithograph.

General Nuke

1986

Robert Arneson

Family Tree Mourning Print. Artist: Roger Brown. Date: 1987. Medium: color woodcut on paper.

Family Tree Mourning Print

1987

Roger Brown

Mountain Sites. Artist: Roger Brown. Date: 1973. Medium: oil on canvas.

Mountain Sites

1973

Roger Brown

Welcome to Siberia, The Nuclear Freeze, The Flat Earth Society, No Nukes and The Dark Ages (When the Earth Was Flat and the Evening Sun Was Red From Looking Down Into Hell). Artist: Roger Brown. Date: 1983. Medium: oil on canvas.

Welcome to Siberia, The Nuclear Freeze, The Flat Earth Society, No Nukes and The Dark Ages (When the Earth Was Flat and the Evening Sun Was Red From Looking Down Into Hell)

1983

Roger Brown

Split, White Man!. Artist: Bruce Carter. Date: 1974. Medium: woodcut.

Split, White Man!

1974

Bruce Carter

La madre / The Mother. Artist: Fernando Castro Pacheco. Date: 1949. Medium: grabado en linóleo sobre papel / linocut on paper.

La madre / The Mother

1949

Fernando Castro Pacheco

Víctima del bombardeo / Aerial Bombing Casualty. Artist: José Chávez Morado. Date: c. 1939. Medium: litografía sobre papel / lithograph on paper.

Víctima del bombardeo / Aerial Bombing Casualty

c. 1939

José Chávez Morado

Dead 1970. Artist: Larry Clark. Date: 1968, printed 1980. Medium: gelatin silver print.

Dead 1970

1968, printed 1980

Larry Clark

A History of Printmaking: Goya Analyzes the News. Artist: Warrington Colescott. Date: 1975. Medium: watercolor and ink.

A History of Printmaking: Goya Analyzes the News

1975

Warrington Colescott

The History of Printmaking: Goya Studies War. Artist: Warrington Colescott. Date: 1976-1977. Medium: soft-ground etching, aquatint, and drypoint, with vibrograver.

The History of Printmaking: Goya Studies War

1976-1977

Warrington Colescott

The Hunt: First Dawn Stake Out. Artist: Warrington Colescott. Date: 1981. Medium: soft-ground etching, aquatint, and spit-bite aquatint, with relief rolls through stencils.

The Hunt: First Dawn Stake Out

1981

Warrington Colescott

Patrioticks. Artist: Warrington Colescott. Date: 1969. Medium: soft-ground etching, drypoint, and aquatint, with roulette, vibrograver, found letterpress photo plate, and relief rolls through stencils.

Patrioticks

1969

Warrington Colescott

Flood. Artist: John Steuart Curry. Date: 1937. Medium: gouache.

Flood

1937

John Steuart Curry

John Brown. Artist: John Steuart Curry. Date: 1939. Medium: lithograph.

John Brown

1939

John Steuart Curry

Progressive Party Rally. Artist: John Steuart Curry. Date: 1938. Medium: oil on canvas.

Progressive Party Rally

1938

John Steuart Curry

Tierra y libertad / Land and Freedom. Artist: Francisco Dosamantes. Date: sin fecha / undated. Medium: grabado en linóleo sobre papel / linocut on paper.

Tierra y libertad / Land and Freedom

sin fecha / undated

Francisco Dosamantes

From: Time and Place. Artist: Juan Genoves. Date: 1971. Medium: etching.

From: Time and Place

1971

Juan Genoves

How Many Works By Women Artists Were In The Andy Warhol And Tremaine Auctions At Sotheby’s?. Artist: Guerrilla Girls. Medium: poster.

How Many Works By Women Artists Were In The Andy Warhol And Tremaine Auctions At Sotheby’s?

Guerrilla Girls

When Racism & Sexism Are No Longer Fashionable, What Will Your Art Collection Be Worth?. Artist: Guerrilla Girls. Date: 1989. Medium: poster.

When Racism & Sexism Are No Longer Fashionable, What Will Your Art Collection Be Worth?

1989

Guerrilla Girls

Curb Your Animal Instinct. Artist: Ilona Granet. Date: 1986. Medium: screenprint on aluminum.

Curb Your Animal Instinct

1986

Ilona Granet

Share Croppers. Artist: Robert Gwathmey. Date: 1944. Medium: screenprint.

Share Croppers

1944

Robert Gwathmey

Magnolia Thorp & Nora Chisholm. Artist: Terry Husebye. Date: 1973. Medium: gelatin silver print.

Magnolia Thorp & Nora Chisholm

1973

Terry Husebye

Julio Enos and Wife. Artist: Terry Husebye. Date: 1973. Medium: gelatin silver print.

Julio Enos and Wife

1973

Terry Husebye

Stella Jones. Artist: Terry Husebye. Date: 1973. Medium: gelatin silver print.

Stella Jones

1973

Terry Husebye

White Light Mystery in a White Light. Artist: Brad Kahlhamer. Date: 2000. Medium: watercolor and ink.

White Light Mystery in a White Light

2000

Brad Kahlhamer

S. W. Wiskonsin. Artist: Brad Kahlhamer. Date: 2000. Medium: watercolor and ink.

S. W. Wiskonsin

2000

Brad Kahlhamer

Black Hawk Unit Topography + Terrain. Artist: Brad Kahlhamer. Date: 2000. Medium: watercolor and ink.

Black Hawk Unit Topography + Terrain

2000

Brad Kahlhamer

Points of Interest. Artist: Brad Kahlhamer. Date: 2000. Medium: watercolor and ink.

Points of Interest

2000

Brad Kahlhamer

Brot! [Bread!]. Artist: Käthe Kollwitz. Date: 1924. Medium: lithograph.

Brot! [Bread!]

1924

Käthe Kollwitz

Ende [The End]. Artist: Käthe Kollwitz. Date: 1897. Medium: aquatint and etching and emery.

Ende [The End]

1897

Käthe Kollwitz

Die Gefangenen [The Prisoners]. Artist: Käthe Kollwitz. Date: 1908. Medium: soft-ground etching.

Die Gefangenen [The Prisoners]

1908

Käthe Kollwitz

Die Pflüger [The Ploughmen]. Artist: Käthe Kollwitz. Date: 1906. Medium: etching and aquatint.

Die Pflüger [The Ploughmen]

1906

Käthe Kollwitz

Losbruch [Outbreak]. Artist: Käthe Kollwitz. Date: 1902. Medium: etching.

Losbruch [Outbreak]

1902

Käthe Kollwitz

Schlachtfeld [Battlefield]. Artist: Käthe Kollwitz. Date: 1907. Medium: soft-ground etching.

Schlachtfeld [Battlefield]

1907

Käthe Kollwitz

Sturm [Riot]. Artist: Käthe Kollwitz. Date: 1897. Medium: etching and emery.

Sturm [Riot]

1897

Käthe Kollwitz

Überfahren [Run Over]. Artist: Käthe Kollwitz. Date: 1910. Medium: soft-ground etching.

Überfahren [Run Over]

1910

Käthe Kollwitz

Weberzug [March of the Weavers]. Artist: Käthe Kollwitz. Date: 1897. Medium: etching.

Weberzug [March of the Weavers]

1897

Käthe Kollwitz

Inferno: The Pit-Canto XXII. Artist: Ronald Kowalke. Date: 1970. Medium: etching.

Inferno: The Pit-Canto XXII

1970

Ronald Kowalke

Inferno: The Heretics-Canto XXVIII. Artist: Ronald Kowalke. Date: 1970. Medium: etching.

Inferno: The Heretics-Canto XXVIII

1970

Ronald Kowalke

Inferno: Poor Brethern-Canto XXXII. Artist: Ronald Kowalke. Date: 1970. Medium: etching.

Inferno: Poor Brethern-Canto XXXII

1970

Ronald Kowalke

Young Businessman’s Mask. Artist: Jim Lee. Date: c. 1980. Medium: etching and aquatint.

Young Businessman’s Mask

c. 1980

Jim Lee

Untitled Head (#12). Artist: Jin Lee. Medium: gelatin silver print.

Untitled Head (#12)

Jin Lee

Street Scene. Artist: Jack Levine. Date: 1936. Medium: oil and chalk on paper.

Street Scene

1936

Jack Levine

Foot and Hand. Artist: Roy Lichtenstein. Date: 1964. Medium: offset lithograph.

Foot and Hand

1964

Roy Lichtenstein

Deportación a la muerte / Deportation to Death. Artist: Leopoldo Méndez. Date: 1942. Medium: grabado en linóleo sobre papel / linocut on paper.

Deportación a la muerte / Deportation to Death

1942

Leopoldo Méndez

El rebozo de Soledad / Soledad’s Shawl. Artist: Leopoldo Méndez. Date: 1952. Medium: grabado en madera a fibra sobre papel / woodcut on paper.

El rebozo de Soledad / Soledad’s Shawl

1952

Leopoldo Méndez

Out-Loud Silent. Artist: Lev T. Mills. Date: 1969. Medium: etching with aquatint.

Out-Loud Silent

1969

Lev T. Mills

David. Artist: Richard Misrach. Date: 1972. Medium: gelatin silver print.

David

1972

Richard Misrach

Ideology Primer II. Artist: Nancy Mladenoff. Date: 1989. Medium: acrylic on printed fabric.

Ideology Primer II

1989

Nancy Mladenoff

Field Piece. Artist: Robert A. Nelson. Date: 1979. Medium: lithograph.

Field Piece

1979

Robert A. Nelson

St. Petersburg, Florida. Artist: Nicholas Nixon. Date: 1980. Medium: gelatin silver print.

St. Petersburg, Florida

1980

Nicholas Nixon

Ray Gun. Artist: Claes Oldenburg. Date: 1972. Medium: screenprint.

Ray Gun

1972

Claes Oldenburg

El franciscano / The Franciscan. Artist: José Clemente Orozco. Date: 1929. Medium: litografía sobre papel / lithograph on paper.

El franciscano / The Franciscan

1929

José Clemente Orozco

La retaguardia / Rear Guard. Artist: José Clemente Orozco. Date: 1929. Medium: litografía sobre papel / lithograph on paper.

La retaguardia / Rear Guard

1929

José Clemente Orozco

Kontata. Artist: Ed Paschke. Date: 1984. Medium: lithograph on paper.

Kontata

1984

Ed Paschke

Libertad. Artist: Ed Paschke. Date: 2001. Medium: etching with drypoint, aquatint, and stencil on paper.

Libertad

2001

Ed Paschke

Los siete vicios capitales / The Seven Deadly Sins. Artist: José Guadalupe Posada. Date: c. 1900 (20th-century restrike). Medium: grabado en relieve de metal sobre papel / metal-plate relief print on paper.

Los siete vicios capitales / The Seven Deadly Sins

c. 1900 (20th-century restrike)

José Guadalupe Posada

Surface Series 42. Artist: Robert Rauschenberg. Date: 1970. Medium: screenprint on paper.

Surface Series 42

1970

Robert Rauschenberg

Belfast. Artist: Michael Rothenstein. Date: 1973. Medium: woodcut and screenprint on paper.

Belfast

1973

Michael Rothenstein

Politics. Artist: Peter Saul. Date: 1985. Medium: lithograph.

Politics

1985

Peter Saul

Frogs and Toad. Artist: Jack Beal. Date: 1971. Medium: lithograph.

Frogs and Toad

1971

Jack Beal

Mother and Child. Artist: Romare Bearden. Date: 1971. Medium: color lithograph from one stone and six zinc plates on paper.

Mother and Child

1971

Romare Bearden

Blue Sun. Artist: Alexander Calder. Date: 1971. Medium: lithograph.

Blue Sun

1971

Alexander Calder

They Will Torture You, My Friend. Artist: Nancy Spero / Leon Golub. Date: 1971. Medium: screenprint and offset lithograph.

They Will Torture You, My Friend

1971

Nancy Spero / Leon Golub

Vertical Lines Not Touching. Artist: Sol LeWitt. Date: 1971. Medium: lithograph.

Vertical Lines Not Touching

1971

Sol LeWitt

Observatory. Artist: Robert Morris. Date: 1971. Medium: lithograph, zinc plate.

Observatory

1971

Robert Morris

Striding Figure. Artist: Claes Oldenburg. Date: 1971. Medium: screenprint.

Striding Figure

1971

Claes Oldenburg

Print for Chicago 8. Artist: Bridget Riley. Date: 1971. Medium: screenprint.

Print for Chicago 8

1971

Bridget Riley

Shicago Justus. Artist: Peter Saul. Date: 1971. Medium: lithograph.

Shicago Justus

1971

Peter Saul