The title, Degenerate Art Project, is a contemporary SC-localized reflection of the Nazi Party’s 1937 Entartete Kunst (Degenerate Art) exhibition in Munich at which more than 650 pieces of Modernist art were haphazardly displayed alongside graffiti and mocking text labels with the goal of denigrating and ridiculing the art and artists. The exhibition included the work of 112 artists including Picasso, Mondrian, Chagall, Kandinsky, Klee, Dix, and many other groundbreaking artists. The website of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum offers an excellent overview of this period of world history.
The purpose of the Jasper Degenerate Art Project is threefold:
- To provide a platform for expression and/or protest via art for Midlands area artists
- To bring our local arts community together both physically and in spirit during this challenging time in order to support and encourage one another
- To preserve for posterity, via the Jasper Project website, Columbia, SC’s artistic interpretation and response to our country’s current socio-political situation.
Participating Artists
Sarah Bauer, Pam Bowers, Kimber Carpenter, Michael Cassidy, Joe Churchill, Jane Couch-Osmelowski, Thomas Crouch, Corey "Roc Bottom" Davis, Kirstin Dow, Jakeem Da Dream, Sharon Funderburk, Ron Hagell, Betsy Halford, Mary Ann Haven, Leila Heidari, B.A. Hohman, TaJuan "TJ" Huiett, Jordan Johnson, Alexander McDonald Jr, Janet L Kozachek, Dogon Krigga, Regina Langston, Cait Maloney, Harry Arnette McFadden, Tristan McLawler, Ginny Merett, Cam Moore, Trebor Nage, Breezy Norton, Lucas Sams, Ivan Segura, Lucy Kienitz Spence, Megan Tapley, Keith Tolen, Steven White, Barry J. White, Lindsay Radford Wiggins, Nolan Wright, Olga Yukhno, Michael Morris Zamora, Ellen Naomi Zisholtz, and Guest Artist Susan Lenz
