Friday, June 22, 2007

Venice Biennale: A Note on Turkey and Lebanon

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For the first time Turkey and Lebanon are officially represented at the Venice Biennale. Those of us who cannot afford to go there can visit...
Thursday, June 14, 2007

Word into Art Artists of the Modern Middle East

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These pictures are from a stunning exhibition last summer at the British Museum "Word Into Art: Artists of the Modern Middle East...

Homage to Palestine

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As the news in Gaza gets worse and worse, I am posting some images of contemporary art from Palestine by way of affirming the fact that many...
Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Memorial Day

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Memorial Day 2007 We can remember it for the dreadful passageof yet another appropriations bill by the spineless Congress.- 98 Billion to co...
Saturday, May 5, 2007

Online vs in the street a debate on activism

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I am having an ongoing debate with my thirty something daughter about street activism vs internet activism. I tend to dismiss people who ju...
Thursday, May 3, 2007

Iraq in Fragments and Orientalism

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Independent films can be racist without realizing it, much like racism in a place like Seattle in general. The film Iraq in Fragments , made...
Tuesday, May 1, 2007

Artists Against the War

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Artists against the War, New York City in collaboration with other groups, handed out a petition for impeachment and supporting documents. ...

Selma Waldman's Black Book of Aggressors

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Selma Waldman “Lust for power and territory is the same lust that kills man, women, children and the land itself” Selma Waldman No artist ha...
Thursday, April 26, 2007

Cai Guo Qiang's exploding cars

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Now that I have said all the pluses about the new Seattle Art Museum, I have to address the exploding cars. The installation by Cai Guo Qian...

New York Artists Against the War Action a Success!

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New York Artists Against the War did a major infiltration of the government office buildings and a banner drop of these two banners statemen...