The Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo presents a solo exhibition by Andrea Bowers, an American artist who lives and works in Los Angeles and who for more than three decades has developed a practice at the intersection of activism and the visual arts. In his work, the artist employs different media, from drawing to painting, from installation to video, to explore issues of social justice and advocacy and to celebrate overlooked figures and events of social struggles. His exhibitions are developed through a methodology that involves the artist's close engagement with social movements, through community life and discussion, participation in demonstrations, the building of activist networks and work in archives. Each exhibition project becomes a platform for meeting, listening and discussion, in which the stories, demands and joy of groups are conveyed to visitors recognised as active subjects in public debate.
The exhibition presented at the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo traces Bowers's attention to ecofeminisms, with a specific focus on the feminist anti-nuclear and disarmament movements of the 1980s.