In times of big political changes, many artists choose to reflect the context and experience of such upheavals. Often, art can be used as political statement by the artist or the patron commissioning the art work.

Art could be connected to politics in many different ways. Propaganda is perhaps an obvious example.

You can read more about art as a form of political discourse in the pdf attached to this post.

Take a look at the artworks above. Can you identify the political statement or political context that the artwork refers to?

Offer your comments below on any or all of the images that you are interested in. If you have found other examples of art as a commentary on politics, please upload your example as an image or provide a link to the artwork so we can all take a look: