Posts Tagged ‘Art and war’
Vermont Studio Center: Pax Cultura
November 2, 2010
It started on September 12, 2001. The day after the terrorist attacks, a sign appeared in Johnson, VT: “YOU CAN RUN BUT YOU CAN’T HIDE. VENGEANCE IS MINE SAYETH THE LORD”. As a response, Vermont Studio Center co-founder Louise von Wiese began putting “Art Is Peace” and Pax Cultura signs around campus. They are present [...]
2010 | Blog | Tags: Art and war, art museums, artist residency, artists, Vermont Studio CenterComments (0)
Chaos and Classicism at the Guggenheim
October 15, 2010
Or, Classicism, Propaganda…and Jury Duty I’ve always thought that history could best be taught through art and music. So cheers to the Guggenheim for putting together a great history lesson with Chaos and Classicism: Art in France, Italy, and Germany, 1918-1936. The show blew my mind, and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about [...]
2010 | Blog | Media: film, painting, sculpture | Tags: Ancient cultures, architecture, Art and war, art exhibitions, Art movements and -isms, art museums, artists, figurative art, movies, Painting, People in the news, Places, political art, propaganda, sculptureComments (3)
Séraphine
September 25, 2010
I watched a movie the other day which keeps percolating at the back of my mind…Séraphine. She was a woman who worked very hard at manual labor during the day and painted beautiful pictures at night–sometimes all night. She had dirty hands and fingernails because she used them as painting tools. She worked on the [...]
