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Hobos to Street People: Artists' Response to Homelessness from the New Deal to the Present
by Art Hazelwood
Published by Freedom Voices
84p, color, softcover, 8.5"x8.5"
$25.95
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Hobos to Street People offers a comparison of the culture and politics of
homelessness as seen through artwork since the Great Depression. The
book is based on the touring exhibition of the same name that first
opened in early 2009-the time of the greatest economic downturn since
the 1929 Stock Market Crash. As the numbers of people living in poverty
continues to swell, this book looks to the past for lessons for today. A
wide range of artists have brought attention to the issue, including
historical figures such as Rockwell Kent, Fritz Eichenberg, Jacob Burck,
Dorothea Lange and contemporary artists Kiki Smith, Sandow Birk, Eric
Drooker and many more. The text, written by artist and curator Art
Hazelwood, places the artwork within the history of social and political
responses from the New Deal, through McCarthyism, to the rise of modern
homelessness in the 1980s. Sections of the book focus on different
aspects of homelessness including day to day life, displacement, rural
poverty and political struggle. Emphasis is also given to the means by
which artists have been able to get their message out whether through
publications, government programs of the New Deal, street posters,
exhibitions, or alliances with activist groups.
A portion of the proceeds from the sales of the
books will be donated to homeless advocacy groups. Donors can direct
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