Review: At the Hammer Museum, Andrea Bowers’ art becomes an act of nonviolent civil disobedience
In the nearly 25-year survey of Andrea Bowers’ art newly opened at the UCLA Hammer Museum. Bowers’ career as an artist is embedded in socially conscious engagement with many contentious issues, including women’s bodily autonomy, immigration, ecological disaster and human rights.
"When Vice President Kamala Harris, then still a senator from California, faced Supreme Court candidate Brett Kavanaugh during his 2018 confirmation hearing, she brought the proceeding to an abrupt standstill with one shrewd question: “Can you think of any laws that give government the power to make decisions about the male body?”
Kavanaugh was stunned. He stared blankly into space; a proverbial deer was caught in the headlights.
After six long seconds spent mostly blinking his eyes, he stammered, “Uh … I’m happy to take more specific questions.” No doubt. Surely, he had been prepared to answer inquiries about Roe vs. Wade and the issue of established precedent, as every nominee to the court — and especially every Republican nominee selected for their personal, conservative Catholic antiabortion views — knew they would be asked." — Christopher Knight, July 6, 2022
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