A Menace to Liberty
2012 · Marker on found cardboard. Source image courtesy the Emma Goldman Papers, University of California, Berkeley
160 × 110" (406.4 × 279.4 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Andrea Bowers
1965
Mixed Media
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Andrea Bowers makes video, drawing, and installation work that engages political activism and social movements, often sourcing material from archival photography, protest imagery, and historical documents. Her practice operates at the intersection of personal narrative and collective history, treating the artwork as an instrument for documenting and amplifying marginalized voices. She teaches graduate students at Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles.
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Art Institute of Chicago
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California Institute of Technology
Master of Fine Arts
California Institute of the Arts
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