Jacqueline Adams

August, 2009

Many oppressed groups use art as a weapon of struggle against repressive regimes. What effects might such art have? This paper focuses on solidarity art, a little-studied subset of resistance art, and suggests that it may help inform members of the public abroad about human rights violations, and raise economic and  moral support for cells of resistance. Within the country under a repressive government,  the  spaces  in  which  such  art  is  made  can  provide  a  forum  for  the  dissemination  and discussion  of  information  about  the  extent  and  nature  of  government  abuses  and  other  ills  that accompany the regime.