Is "political art" still a viable or interesting category?

[e_flux]

Thomas Hirschhorn’s Gramsci Monument

If so, what are some examples of good political art today?

[oleksiy_radynski]

for sure it is. one example

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/20/russian-artist-cuts-off-earlobe-protest-forced-psychiatric-treatment-dissidents

[alan]

This was referenced in a reflux by @anton

The Guardian: "Russian artist cuts off earlobe in protest at use of forced psychiatry on dissidents"

"Pyotr Pavlensky, who once nailed his scrotum to Red Square’s cobblestones, says protest is over return to Soviet-era methods": http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/20/russian-artist-cuts-off-earlobe-protest-forced-psychiatric-treatment-dissidents