Peter Lamborn Wilson has written extensively about the emergence of the social as a revolutionary act. Structures of power strive to alienate people by breaking social interaction. But various attempts to create community, such as pirates and communes, have resisted the existing hierarchy throughout history.
In most cases, sculpture depicting the human face will limit itself to a calm expression.
These are examples of the work of a little-known artist from the 1700's who wanted to explore the various ways humans can show emotion through their faces. The busts exhibit the very elastic and
curvilinear ways the face can compose itself.
The relationship between power and meaning is very clearly seen in
bureaucracy. A relationship of hierarchy where there is political inequality will create a situation of inequality in communication. Those in power will not care to know about those they have power over. A system of
meaning will then oversimplify reality and lead to structural violence to enforce this simplification. The perpetuation of stupidity that is caused by an ornate bureaucracy serves the
existing hierarchy.
Here is a great example of the graphic style of the 1960's employed in comic book form. It comes from a great website that showcases this type of art.