We Fight to Build a Free World
Sunday, April 18, 2021, 4 pm
Columbia University Visual Arts MFA candidates and recent alumni present new video, sound, and performance artworks in response to We Fight to Build a Free World: An Exhibition by Jonathan Horowitz. This exhibition looked at how artists have historically responded to the rise of authoritarianism and xenophobia as well as racism, anti-Semitism, and other forms of bigotry. It also addressed issues surrounding immigration, assimilation, and cultural identity.
This event was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and took place virtually in Spring 2021. The artists presented their work in a live virtual program, and works will remain accessible for viewing online.
Participating Artists:
Archive (coming soon)
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The presentation of We Fight to Build a Free World: An Exhibition by Jonathan Horowitz at the Jewish Museum is made possible by Audrey and Zygi Wilf, Jane and Mark Wilf, the Blavatnik Family Foundation, The Goldie and David Blanksteen Foundation, The TD Charitable Foundation, The Jaharis Family Foundation, Inc., Jane and Reuben Leibowitz, Nili Lotan, Rita and Charles Bronfman, Wendy Fisher, Goldman Sonnenfeldt Foundation, Brice and Helen Marden, Wexler Dermatology PC, and other generous donors.
Left image: Installation view of We Fight to Build a Free World: An Exhibition by Jonathan Horowitz, October 1, 2020 - February 7, 2021, at the Jewish Museum, NY. Photo: Kris Graves
Homepage images: Still from Untitled, Paula Lycan; Still from Dreamin’, Cara Lynch; Still from EVERYTHING IS FINE, Aika Akhmetova; Installation view of We Fight to Build a Free World: An Exhibition by Jonathan Horowitz; Still from Legal Tender, Kate Liebman; Still from The Past Isn’t Past, Lindsey Brittain Collins; Installation view of We Fight to Build a Free World: An Exhibition by Jonathan Horowitz; Always Returning, essay, Yi Sa-Ra; Installation view of We Fight to Build a Free World: An Exhibition by Jonathan Horowitz; Bernard Perlin, Orthodox Boys, 1948, tempera on board. Tate, presented by Lincoln Kirstein through the Institute of Contemporary Arts 1950. Artwork © Bernard Perlin. Image courtesy of Tate.
Columbia University Visual Arts MFA candidates and recent alumni present new video, sound, and performance artworks in response to We Fight to Build a Free World: An Exhibition by Jonathan Horowitz. This exhibition looked at how artists have historically responded to the rise of authoritarianism and xenophobia as well as racism, anti-Semitism, and other forms of bigotry. It also addressed issues surrounding immigration, assimilation, and cultural identity.
This event was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and took place virtually in Spring 2021. The artists presented their work in a live virtual program, and works will remain accessible for viewing online.
Participating Artists:
Aika Akhmetova
Lindsey Brittain Collins
Baris Gokturk
Juan Hernández Díaz
Yifan Jiang
Joseph Liatela
Kate Liebman
Paula Lycan
Cara Lynch
Farah Mohammad
Yi Sa-Ra
thejewishmuseum.org︎︎︎
arts.columbia.edu︎︎︎
The presentation of We Fight to Build a Free World: An Exhibition by Jonathan Horowitz at the Jewish Museum is made possible by Audrey and Zygi Wilf, Jane and Mark Wilf, the Blavatnik Family Foundation, The Goldie and David Blanksteen Foundation, The TD Charitable Foundation, The Jaharis Family Foundation, Inc., Jane and Reuben Leibowitz, Nili Lotan, Rita and Charles Bronfman, Wendy Fisher, Goldman Sonnenfeldt Foundation, Brice and Helen Marden, Wexler Dermatology PC, and other generous donors.
Left image: Installation view of We Fight to Build a Free World: An Exhibition by Jonathan Horowitz, October 1, 2020 - February 7, 2021, at the Jewish Museum, NY. Photo: Kris Graves
Homepage images: Still from Untitled, Paula Lycan; Still from Dreamin’, Cara Lynch; Still from EVERYTHING IS FINE, Aika Akhmetova; Installation view of We Fight to Build a Free World: An Exhibition by Jonathan Horowitz; Still from Legal Tender, Kate Liebman; Still from The Past Isn’t Past, Lindsey Brittain Collins; Installation view of We Fight to Build a Free World: An Exhibition by Jonathan Horowitz; Always Returning, essay, Yi Sa-Ra; Installation view of We Fight to Build a Free World: An Exhibition by Jonathan Horowitz; Bernard Perlin, Orthodox Boys, 1948, tempera on board. Tate, presented by Lincoln Kirstein through the Institute of Contemporary Arts 1950. Artwork © Bernard Perlin. Image courtesy of Tate.