Tag Archives: war

New Kids on the Block

Mohamad Hafez’s Complex Models of Syrian Devastation

by Jacquelyn Gleisner | May 8, 2017

New Kids on the Block

Mohamad Hafez’s Complex Models of Syrian Devastation

by Jacquelyn Gleisner | May 8, 2017

Mohamad Hafez creates elaborate models of annihilated streetscapes and ruined buildings, replicating the devastation of the war in Syria, where he was born.

The “Black Gash of Shame”—Revisiting the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Controversy

by Elizabeth Wolfson | Mar 15, 2017

The “Black Gash of Shame”—Revisiting the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Controversy

by Elizabeth Wolfson | Mar 15, 2017

Elizabeth Wolfson recounts the early controversy surrounding Maya Lin’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial, and the delicate balance that must be achieved when memorializing war’s heroes and victims.

Confronting Crisis: An Interview with Syrian Artists Tammam Azzam, Sara Shamma & Kevork Mourad

by Lindsey Davis | Jan 21, 2016

Confronting Crisis: An Interview with Syrian Artists Tammam Azzam, Sara Shamma & Kevork Mourad

by Lindsey Davis | Jan 21, 2016

These three Syrian artists left their homes behind, and their bodies of work have been forever changed by the war that’s tearing their nation apart. In this extended interview we find answers to the question: What is life like as a refugee and artist?

War: Here, There, and Elsewhere

by Bansie Vasvani | Nov 10, 2014

War: Here, There, and Elsewhere

by Bansie Vasvani | Nov 10, 2014

Guest contributor Bansie Vasvani covers war and revolution in recent exhibitions of contemporary art from the Middle East.

Writer-in-Residence

Drones: An Interview with Ingrid Burrington

by Ben Valentine | Jun 16, 2014

Writer-in-Residence

Drones: An Interview with Ingrid Burrington

by Ben Valentine | Jun 16, 2014

Ben Valentine kicks off his ART21 writing residency by interviewing artist, designer, and writer Ingrid Burrington who investigates the Internet and surveillance technologies.

100 Artists | Doris Salcedo

by Nicole J. Caruth | Apr 9, 2013

100 Artists | Doris Salcedo

by Nicole J. Caruth | Apr 9, 2013

Next up in our “100 Artists” celebration is Season 5 artist Doris Salcedo and a newly released text interview on war, displacement, and imprisonment.