Friday, March 07, 2008

 

Tonight, at Machines With Magnets in Pawtucket, there's an opening for an art show related to the Iraq war. Here's Jim Macnie's writeup from this week's Phoenix:

WALLS OF PROTEST
The fugazi that is the war in Iraq shows no sign of ending, even though a sizable chunk of American voters now want our troops to be hauled home. It’s a key subject of the current presidential campaign, and artists across the nation have put it front and center, too. Did I say nation? I meant globe. “EXPERIENCING THE WAR IN IRAQ,” a 70-piece show, had hundreds of submissions from around the world. From contact sheets of lost soldiers to sculptures made from grenades and ammo to inkjet prints of explosions and firestorms to ghostly drapings of frayed fatigues, the work is provocative. Pieces were submitted by civilians and soldiers alike. Machines With Magnets, 400 Main Street, Pawtucket, gives it a home for a while; pieces are also hanging at the adjacent Pawtucket Armory, 172 Exchange Street. The opening reception at Machines is from 6 to 8 pm, followed by live music by Black Pus, Baba Yaba, and Riders Against the Storm beginning at 9 pm | 401.475.2655 | reconnectus.org.

3/7/2008 10:55:27 AM by Not For Nothing | Comments [0] |  
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