More and more artists are becoming enraged with President Donald Trump's immigration law with thousands of them holding exhibitions and art protests.The Davis Museum at Wellesley College protested by removing all artworks and covering them in black cloth that was created or given by immigrant artists.
"Art-Less" is a six-day de-installation project that honors immigrants, especially the artists that helped shape the country's culture. The policy will affect the 120 works done by immigrants in the campus, according to The Boston Globe.
These artworks are mostly paintings, bronze and wood sculptures, and masks from other countries. Lisa Fischman, Director of Davis, was reported as saying, "We're hoping to articulate the contributions of immigrants here at Davis in response to the anxiety this executive order has raised and continued to raise."
The de-installation will contain labels or tags that say, "made by an immigrant" or "given by an immigrant." These tags can be used by anyone and can be downloaded at the Davis Museum website.
People can still catch the protest as it will end today. The greatest art impact there will be from the African gallery collection as most of the artworks displayed came from the immigrant family, Klejman, who arrived in America after World War II.
Meanwhile, New York's Museum of Modern Art is replacing paintings by famous artists to honor painters hailing from the seven Muslim-majority countries listed by the law. Galleries on the fifth floor will now hang up Iranian artists' works such as sculptors by Parviz Tanavoli and photography of Shirana Shahbazi.
Moreover, the Manhattan Gallery has created their wall of 700 immigrants' backpacks to acknowledge the migrants who illegally crossed the U.S. border that led some to their death.
Only time will tell how much more artists out there will show their great dismay over the policy Trump has ordered. But one thing is for sure - immigrant artists have significantly contributed to America's art and culture scene.
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