Long on activism, short on art
Loud voices for the voiceless Works by artist-activist Andrea Bowers at the Hammer Museum by Bondo Wyszpolski The causes she actively and tirelessly promotes are commendable — the rights of the undocumented, the marginalized, the bullied and abused, women’s autonomy over their own bodies, the preservation and dignity of nature, etc — but Andrea Bowers, the person and the show of the same name through Sept. 4 at the Hammer Museum in Westwood, is often tedious and dry. There’s a lot of “stuff” on view here and in the accompanying catalog for the show, like tables with flyers and brochures for workers’ rights, or various collages of photos with protesters holding up an array of signs and placards: “People before Profits,” “Don’t talk 2 cops,” “Wage slavery. Earn less live worse,” “I am a Queer Worker,” “No human being is illegal,” among others. It’s not hard to find injustice and social causes to get behind, and one can only admire a person who selflessly donates time and energy to turn wrong into right. However, and it may seem heartless to say this, it can become tiresome when one is bombarded with various paraphernalia, such as slogans on ribbons (“No Fracking Way,” “Trans is…
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