Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Wafaa Bilal ……and counting
Tattoo is latest medium for acclaimed Iraqi artist Wafaa Bilal in New York live performance
Where: Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts
Blackburn 20/20
323 W39th Street 5th Floor NY, NY 10018
Contact: Phillip Sanders, phil@efa1.org, 212-563-5855
Artist contact: w.wafaa@gmail.com
Project Director: Christine OHeron: christineoheron@gmail.com, (860) 782-1030
Wafaa Bilal's brother Haji was killed by a missile at a checkpoint in their hometown of Kufa, Iraq in 2004. Bilal feels the pain of both American and Iraqi families who’ve lost loved ones in the war, but the deaths of Iraqis like his brother are largely invisible to the American public.
…and Counting addresses this double standard as Bilal turns his own body – in a 24-hour live performance -- into a canvas, his back tattooed with a borderless map of Iraq covered with one dot for each Iraqi and American casualty near the cities where they fell. The 5,000 dead American soldiers are represented by red dots (permanent visible ink), and the 100,000 Iraqi casualties are represented by dots of green UV ink, seemingly invisible unless under black light. During the performance people from all walks of life read off the names of the dead.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Friday, February 12, 2010
Avedon Fashion 1944–2000
Avedon Fashion 1944–2000
Organized by the International Center of Photography, New York
February 9–May 9, 2010
Richard Avedon (American, 1923–2004): Veruschka, New York, January 1967. © 2009 The Richard Avedon Foundation.
Richard Avedon (American, 1923–2004): Suzy Parker and Robin Tattersall, dress by Dior, Place de la Concorde, Paris, August 1956. © 2009 The Richard Avedon Foundation.
Richard Avedon (American, 1923–2004): Antonella Agnelli, hair by Kenneth, New York, January 1961.© 2010 The Richard Avedon Foundation.
Richard Avedon (American, 1923–2004): Dovima with elephants, evening dress by Dior, Cirque d’Hiver, Paris, August 1955. © 2010 The Richard Avedon Foundation.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
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