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Ground Zero Renegade Art Exhibition at Detroit's Museum of New ArtFrank Shifreen writes
We packed the work of a hundred New York artists into a borrowed Winnebago and drove 600 miles to Detroit, where we then mounted and hung an exhibition called " Ground Zero" July 13th-Aug. 24th 2002 After Sept 11th, we decided to call the show "From the Ashes". The show was primarily a memorial and benefit for those lost.
As the politics of the situation became apparent, for instance, cultural clash, Republican ascendancy, rights and war violations, as well as possible entree event for great cultural changes to come, Danny Scheffer, Julius Vitali, MONA director Jef Bourgeau and myself, organized the exhibition. which opened to great fanfare last Saturday. There were a lot of preview articles, television and radio coverage for the show. There was a front page story, lead article in the Detroit Free Press on July 10th.
I believe in the important of political art exhibitions that can explore topics of importance to us. Many artists and critics disagree.
Art can create a space which breaks the spell of the soap opera. In this case I am talking about the whole narrative of the Bush administration that has created a story that has become the gospel
We need more political art exhibitions, theater, dance, poetry because the beauty of art also counters the repression of spirit in our society. |
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