Against Compliance: Disobedience as Artistic Strategy in a Time of Permanent Crisis
Lucy Lambe examines artistic disobedience as a sustained method of resistance within conditions of permanent political and social crisis.
Lucy Lambe examines artistic disobedience as a sustained method of resistance within conditions of permanent political and social crisis.
Lucy Lambe explores censorship and iconoclasm as anxieties about art’s power—how images provoke fear, moral policing, and institutional control. From Michelangelo’s censored nudes to contemporary interventions, the essay argues that restricting art denies its role as mirror, catalyst, and force for change.