EXHIBITION
Directions to the Gallery... Sept 11 - Oct 7, 2011 will mark the ten year anniversary of our nation continuously at war. 10 Years + Counting invites artists and others to take this historic moment as inspiration and use the power of creativity to illustrate the costs of war and imagine a more peaceful world.
For the Record: Searching for Objectivity in Global Conflict
August 22 - October 22, 2011
Montserrat Gallery, Beverly, MA
Read more about the show in the Boston Globe...
Featuring: Fiona Banner, Nina Berman, Matthew Ernst, Harun Farocki, Benjamin Lowy, Steve Mumford, James O'Neill, Gerhard Richter, Sophie Ristelhueber, and Rob Roy.
Gallery & Show Info...
Montserrat Gallery
23 Essex Street
Beverly, MA 01915
978.921.4242 x3
Hours:
Mon. - Thur. 10 am - 5 pm
Fri. 10 am - 1 pm
FEATURED ARTIST...
Featured Artist - James O'Neill
10 Years and Counting - Home Page
The Home Front: From Soldier to Artist, 2011
WCAT-TV Wakefield
(local TV interview about the
MFA THESIS EXHIBITION
Tigris River 2011, Charcoal on paper, 90" x 90"
April 14 - May 1, 2011
Tufts University Art Gallery
@ the Aidekman Arts Center
This exhibition is the second of an ongoing series of MFA thesis exhibitions shown annually at the Tufts University Art Gallery as part of the joint graduate degree program of Tufts University and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
As a veteran of the Iraq war, MFA candidate James O’Neill’s current body of work The War In Iraq, Recent Drawings confronts his experiences as a soldier. Consisting of three large scale charcoal drawings, this work exposes the grim reality of soldiers in combat.
Click here to view a slide show of images from the exhibition at Tufts University Art Gallery
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COMBAT PAPER PROJECT |
About the project...
The story of the soldier, the Marine, the men and the women and the journeys within the military service in a time of war is the basis for this project. The goal is to utilize art as a means to help veterans reconcile their personal experiences as well as broaden the traditional narrative surrounding service, honor and the military culture.
Through papermaking workshops veterans use their uniforms worn in combat to create cathartic works of art. The uniforms are cut up, beat and formed into sheets of paper. Veterans use the transformative process of papermaking to reclaim their uniform as art and begin to embrace their experiences as a soldier in war. Read more ...
