Thursday, November 29, 2007

PRESS: 2 exhibits examine toll of war in Iraq

Check out Alan Artner's Tribune article on Meanwhile in Baghdad and the HPAC's "Consuming War" show. Artner remarked:

Each show presents examples of traditional painting, drawing and photography, but two of the more effective works are in so-called new media: Kenneth Goldsmith's "The Weather (Spring)," a recording of weather reports giving conditions in New York and Baghdad during the first 15 days of combat, and Wafaa Bilal's "Al Qaeda R Us," a video showing the sad American intervention in the affairs of nine countries. The one is numbing, the other infuriating, which memorably fixes the range of emotions prompted by these intelligent exhibitions.


Read the full article here

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