Race Riot
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Race Riot is a 1964 silkscreen painting by Andy Warhol that appropriates press photographs of civil rights–era police violence to comment on racism and social unrest in the United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Race Riot canonical | 1 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
painting
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silkscreen painting ⓘ |
| artMedium | silkscreen ink on canvas ⓘ |
| artStyle | appropriation of mass media imagery ⓘ |
| basedOn |
news photographs of civil rights–era police violence
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press photographs ⓘ |
| colorPalette |
blue
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red ⓘ white ⓘ |
| copyrightStatus | copyrighted work ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Andy Warhol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorBirthName | Andrew Warhola NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorGender | male ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | American ⓘ |
| depicts |
African American civil rights protesters
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police dogs attacking protesters ⓘ police officers ⓘ street demonstration ⓘ |
| depictsEvent | civil rights protests in Birmingham, Alabama ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt | various contemporary art museums and galleries ⓘ |
| genre | Pop art ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | later political Pop art ⓘ |
| hasPart | multi-panel composition ⓘ |
| inception | 1964 ⓘ |
| intendedMeaning |
commentary on racism in the United States
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critique of media representation of violence ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | none ⓘ |
| location | various private collections ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
civil rights movement
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police violence ⓘ racial segregation ⓘ racism in the United States ⓘ social unrest ⓘ |
| movement | Pop art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
controversial racial subject matter
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integration of news imagery into fine art ⓘ use of civil rights press photographs ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Andy Warhol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Death and Disaster series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | 1960s American art ⓘ |
| usesTechnique | photographic silkscreen printing ⓘ |
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