NY Arts Magazine: OWS One Year Later

NY Arts Magazine just published an excellent article online, which will appear in the printed winter issue, scanning some important markers in Occupy art's evolution over the past year, including documentation and review of some of Occupy with Art's contributions (such as Occupy Printed Matter, pictured above). 

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In a movement often criticized for failing to come up with concrete propositions, OwA is scrupulous in trying to do something positive. For me the most heartening art project associated with the movement was Occupy’s Wall Street to Main Street, in Catskill, NY. Stores on the town’s Main Street offered their windows, and both local and NYC-based artists exhibited their works, events, and exhibitions over three months. After the attention which the venture brought to the town, a factory which had been in the process of being foreclosed for three years was finally bought out—talks are currently underway about using the space for the public good. Catskill provides a great model of what the art of the 99% should do: bring people together and lift communities.