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Email PageWhat War?
October 25, 2006- November 7, 2006
Michael Anderson, Robert Boyd, Jim Costanzo, Derailment Group, Christoph Draeger, Jen Dragon, Solange Fabião, Kyle Goen, Heidrun Holzfeind, Jerry Kearns, Ian Laughlin, Pan Xing Lei, Patrice Lerochereuil, Claude van Lingen, Mary Mattingly, Jack McLean, Dan Mills, John L. Moore, Augustus Nazzaro, Christopher Obetz, Dennis Oppenheim, Prof Progresso's Vote-iv-ator, Christy Rupp, Yehuda E. Safran, Orit Ben Shitrit, Seric Shoba, Vasan Sitthiket, Hady Sy, Vargas-Suarez Universal, Jeannie Weissglass, Bernard Williams, Hans Winkler, Zhou Xiaohu, Xiaoze Xie, Ricardo Miranda Zunīga
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525 W 26th StWar is the polar opposite of Art. It represents the combination of diverse forces directed at destruction rather than creation. War is consequently opposed to everything that art represents. Artists have always lived in times of war. Some have ignored it. Others have tried to comment on war through their art works. The 'What War?' exhibition is concurrent with the upcoming election as an opportunity to express anger and concern with wars civil and uncivil, holy and unholy, in this oil made world.
The War on Terror, being staged in Afghanistan and Iraq is now 5 years old. The White House says it may take many years before this war ends. How can artists think and talk about this seemingly endless war? Meanwhile the rhetoric of war has also been applied to numerous social issues from both sides of the political spectrum. We are told that we are engaged in Wars on Poverty, Illiteracy, Drugs, Crime, Pornography and more covertly, Wars on the Middle Class, Women's, and Gay Rights.
Artists participating in 'What War?' address all Wars in which the enemy is as nebulous as it is elusive through their anger, hostility and rage.
Books and DVDs related to artists in this show
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