CROSSROADS

Jan 27
PSA on Flickr.Having read about all the Damien Hirst hype lately, I love this PSA by @generalhowe #culturalcurrency

PSA on Flickr.

Having read about all the Damien Hirst hype lately, I love this PSA by @generalhowe #culturalcurrency


Dec 5


details of new lino print

details of new lino print


Jul 5

Apr 30

Eva and Franco Mattes aka 0100101110101101.ORG
Freedom
2010
Online Performance



Apr 16
“If war is the father of invention, then play is its mother. Ray Kurzweil”

Apr 12
Men FALLING in the City on Flickr.Hundreds of men and women fell from the Twin Towers on 9/11.

Men FALLING in the City on Flickr.

Hundreds of men and women fell from the Twin Towers on 9/11.


Apr 11
hyperallergic:
Matt Mitchell, “Portrait #23, Rick Yarosh” (2008)hydeordie:



Portrait of Sgt. Rick Yarosh - Iraq War vet - currently hanging in the Smithsonian. The viewer experiences shock but Yarosh’s frankness is also palpable, which lends the viewer some respite from an awkward “elephant in the room” sensation and encourages the viewer to continue his/her gaze beyond the Comfortable.

via chfineartconsulting

 This portrait is apart of Mitchell’s on-going “100 Faces of War Experience” series, in which Mitchell paints portraits of those Americans who have gone to the theaters or war Afghanistan and Iraq. Each portrait is accompanied by a statement by the subject (Sgt. Yarosh’s can be found here). Sgt. Yarosh’s portrait has gained a significant amount of attention, having won the second place Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition’s People Choice award in 2009, and hung in the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in 2010 in conjunction with that award.  When I first saw this painting, I thought of it as a possible indictment of war and the military, a blatant reminder of the horrors of war (validating my own anti-war opinions). However, upon reading Yarosh’s statements on the portrait and his experiences, I’ve learned that he views his burn scars as badges of honor, a symbol of the service he is proud to have contributed. If anything, Mitchell’s project serves to present the complexities of war: both the conflicting realities of war itself and the nebulous cultural presence of war, particularly within the American media.

hyperallergic:

Matt Mitchell, “Portrait #23, Rick Yarosh” (2008)

hydeordie:

Portrait of Sgt. Rick Yarosh - Iraq War vet - currently hanging in the Smithsonian. The viewer experiences shock but Yarosh’s frankness is also palpable, which lends the viewer some respite from an awkward “elephant in the room” sensation and encourages the viewer to continue his/her gaze beyond the Comfortable.

via chfineartconsulting


This portrait is apart of Mitchell’s on-going “100 Faces of War Experience” series, in which Mitchell paints portraits of those Americans who have gone to the theaters or war Afghanistan and Iraq. Each portrait is accompanied by a statement by the subject (Sgt. Yarosh’s can be found here). Sgt. Yarosh’s portrait has gained a significant amount of attention, having won the second place Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition’s People Choice award in 2009, and hung in the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in 2010 in conjunction with that award.

When I first saw this painting, I thought of it as a possible indictment of war and the military, a blatant reminder of the horrors of war (validating my own anti-war opinions). However, upon reading Yarosh’s statements on the portrait and his experiences, I’ve learned that he views his burn scars as badges of honor, a symbol of the service he is proud to have contributed. If anything, Mitchell’s project serves to present the complexities of war: both the conflicting realities of war itself and the nebulous cultural presence of war, particularly within the American media.

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