Corporate Personhood

Corporate Personhood at there-there

Transcript of a discussion with UCLA Law Professor Adam Winkler

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The information in the following titles is from opensecrets.org regarding 2018 election cycle contributions for each corporation and accurate as of August 1, 2019
(Youtube LLC, Alphabet Inc affiliate) section with eyeballs and spleens (2018 contributions to candidates: $5,235,837, to Leadership PACs: $671,429, to parties: $1,138,369, to 527 committees: $178,228, to outside spending groups: $385,164)Acrylic, flashe, and graphite on canvas. 53.75”x62”. 2018-2019
(Heckler & Koch Defense) section with intestines and spleens (National Rifle Association 2018 contributions to candidates: $710,654, to Leadership PACs: $41,250, to parties: $110,105)Acrylic, flashe, and graphite on canvas. 84”x58.24”. 2019
(Sam’s Club, Wal-Mart affiliate) with heart, eyeball, and pancreas (2018 contributions to candidates: $1,496,291, to Leadership PACs: $408,397, to parties: $313,377, to 527 committees: $256,543, to outside spending groups: $5,929)Acrylic, flashe, and graphite on canvas. 56.5”x56.5”. 2019
(US Bancorp) with digestive system (2018 contributions to candidates: $684,563, to Leadership PACs: $213,062, contributions to parties: $202,446, to 527 committees: $2,911, to outside spending groups: $8,886)Acrylic, flashe, and graphite on canvas. 72”x72”. 2018-2019
(Blue Cross) with brains, spinal cord, and reproductive system (2018 contributions to candidates: $3,321,411, to Leadership PACs: $1,139,674, to parties: $801,452, to 527 committees: $25,889, to outside spending groups: $117,047)Acrylic, flashe, and graphite on canvas. 72.25”x72.25”.2019
(Armed Forces Entertainment) section with reproductive system and intestines (2018 contributions by defense corporations- from individuals: $8,178,274 from PACs: $21,537,318 from soft/outside money $147,990)Acrylic, flashe, and graphite on canvas. 120”x45.5”. 2019
(BP) with digestive system and human internal organ (2018 contributions to candidates: $540,918, to Leadership PACs: $20,650, to parties: $33,412, to 527 committees: $3,780, to outside spending groups: $1,568) Acrylic, flashe, and graphite on canvas. 60”x60”. 2019
(Xerox Corp) appearance from 1968-2004 with brain, spinal cord, and gallbladders (2018 contributions to candidates: $128,200, to Leadership PACs: $839, to parties: $32,863, to 527 committees: $300, to outside spending groups: $1,139) Acrylic, flashe, and graphite on canvas. 84.5”x60.5”. 2019

Suprematist Composition in Red and Black with Political Cartoons [Amplifiers] (After Kazimir Malevich, Painterly Realism: Boy with a Knapsack-Color Masses in the Fourth Dimension, 1915; “Corporate Speech”, Dan Wasserman, The Boston Globe, January 23, 2010; Matt Wuerker illustration from “Does Free Speech Exist?”, medium.com March 11, 2018),

Archival pigment print with shaped matte. 36”x24”. 2019

Suprematist Composition in Red and Black with Political Cartoons [Constitution] (After Kazimir Malevich, Croixe et Rouge en Voi, 1916; Adam Zyglis illustration from “Supreme Beings”, hcn.org February 10, 2010 via The Buffalo News; Adam Zyglis, “Getting Crafty With The Constitution”, from Austin Daily Herald April 1, 2014 via The Buffalo News),

Archival pigment print with shaped matte. 36”x24”. 2019

Suprematist Composition in Black and Blue with Political Cartoons [Living Monster] (After Kazimir Malevich, Suprematist Painting: Black Rectangle, Blue Triangle,1915; “Corpenstein”, Matt Wuerker, movetoamend.org March 6, 2012; Brian Duffy illustration from “Tea Party vs. Occupy Wall Street”, Colorado Springs Independent November 3, 2011),

Archival pigment print with shaped matte. 36”x24”. 2019

Suprematist Composition in Red with Political Cartoon [Corporate Personhood] (After Kazimir Malevich, Pictorial Realism of a Peasant Woman in Two Dimensions, Called Red Square, 1915; artist unknown, illustration from “Corporate Lobbying”, salem-news.com February 12, 2010),

Archival pigment print with shaped matte. 36”x24”. 2019