{"id":4237,"date":"2013-12-23T17:50:14","date_gmt":"2013-12-23T17:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/?p=4237"},"modified":"2013-12-23T17:50:14","modified_gmt":"2013-12-23T17:50:14","slug":"the-world-is-being-ripped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/2013\/12\/23\/the-world-is-being-ripped\/","title":{"rendered":"The World Is Being Ripped"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2013\/12\/canvas.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4238\" alt=\"Dont Believe What They Tell You\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2013\/12\/canvas-300x195.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2013\/12\/canvas-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2013\/12\/canvas-1024x668.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2013\/12\/canvas-600x391.png 600w, https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2013\/12\/canvas-459x300.png 459w, https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2013\/12\/canvas.png 1453w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>In conjunction with the Dodd Center, the Archives &amp; Special Collections has acquired NYC artist Seth Tobocman&#8217;s <em>The World Is Being Ripped<\/em>, a series of 14 narrative posters.\u00a0 This limited edition is the last spray art version which Tobocman released, making its unique street art aesthetic a historical document of design and propaganda.\u00a0 These stenciled graphics were originally created in the early 1980s to critique the militaristic individualism of the American Cold War economy and its impact on society:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The World is Being Ripped was originally a response to the Cold War, but it came to address a larger question: In a society as predatory and self destructive as this one, can there be any basis for morality? Is ethical behavior even possible in such a context? I like to think that in adopting these images as their emblems, people are answering that question in the affirmative.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Seth Tobocman <em>\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The stencil art form was created to be an accessible, reproducible, inexpensive and temporary demonstration of design and often political critique or message.\u00a0 This collection provides a unique glimpse of street art yet intended for the gallery with its rich use of color and linear narrative.\u00a0 To see this collection in the reading room, contact the <a href=\"http:\/\/doddcenter.uconn.edu\/asc\/dodda2z\/subjectarea.cfm?Area=1\">curator<\/a> of Alternative Press Collections. \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <em>\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In conjunction with the Dodd Center, the Archives &amp; Special Collections has acquired NYC artist Seth Tobocman&#8217;s The World Is Being Ripped, a series of 14 narrative posters.\u00a0 This limited edition is the last spray art version which Tobocman released, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/2013\/12\/23\/the-world-is-being-ripped\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[12,151,177],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NKyO-16l","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4237"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4237"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4242,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4237\/revisions\/4242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}