Throughout history have recognized the art forms ability to bring about social change. They are just like us, living in their own time frame, and they want to reflect upon what is going on around them, and potentially influence society with their work. And the amazing thing about prints that allows them to be really powerful social tools, really, is they are relatively inexpensive to produce. They are multiples. They are less expensive to acquire. And so they really penetrate all aspects of society. And they are excellent platform with which to convey information, both image and text. And so lot of artists have used print specifically for this reason. So we selected today from the collection a range of prints from the 18th century through to contemporary of artists dealing with social and political content. And what is really amazing is that while a lot of the specifics change so, the settings, the costumes, the specific details of the current event the broader issues remain the same.
Throughout history have recognized the art forms ability to bring about social change. They are just like us, living in their own time frame, and they want to reflect upon what is going on around them, and potentially influence society with their work. And the amazing thing about prints that allows them to be really powerful social tools, really, is they are relatively inexpensive to produce. They are multiples. They are less expensive to acquire. And so they really penetrate all aspects of society. And they are excellent platform with which to convey information, both image and text. And so lot of artists have used print specifically for this reason. So we selected today from the collection a range of prints from the 18th century through to contemporary of artists dealing with social and political content. And what is really amazing is that while a lot of the specifics change so, the settings, the costumes, the specific details of the current event the broader issues remain the same.