Jenny Holzer, Barbara Kruger, and others create blistering protest art in response to the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision:
In a landmark decision on June 24, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled it would be overturningdeclaring that the constitutional right to an abortion, upheld for nearly a half century, no longer applies. The decision leaves the legality of abortions to state governments, some of which have already announced plans to ban the medical procedure immediately. With the issue proving to be one of the most polarizing in the U.S.
The digital art work is based on a tweet by ACLU communications staffer, Gillian Bransetter, that includes an image of the popular Fox News broadcaster Tucker Carlson, with a news chyron that reads: “MAKING AN INFORMED CHOICE REGARDING YOUR OWN BODY SHOULDN’T BE CONTROVERSIAL.”Truisms “These statements speak to the anxiety, humor, banality, tragedy, and urgency of modern life,” Holzer told. “Gillian Branstetter was kind to encapsulate the similarities between Carlson’s chyron and mine.”
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