Andrea Bowers Protest Letters Taken Down Overnight at Frieze

Susanne Vielmetter’s director of sales, Kevin Scholl, replaces the removed Andrea Bowers letters…

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Teamsters Shift Course, Frieze Sponsor Deutsche Bank Now a Target

This flyer, prepared by the Teamsters, will be distributed by picketers on Randall’s Island…

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One of Esther Shalev-Gerz’s photographs for “Describing Labor” (via Using Art to Describe Labor)

From “Ain’t Nothing but a Man”; courtesy the National Archives, by Palmer Hayden (via).

The idea of labor in my mind often evokes antiquated images and stories of people working hard on major constructions, such as cross-country railroads, and folklore legend John Henry and his superhuman strength exemplifies that concept. This painting depicts his glorious death, moments after he beat a steam drill in a race to tunnel through a mountain.

We work but do we labor?

This week we find out … btw, we heart Rosie the Riveter