Comments on: Visual Resistance at the Whitney Biennial http://visualresistance.org/wordpress/2006/03/01/visual-resistance-at-the-whitney-museum/ redraw democracy Fri, 16 May 2008 14:50:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.3 by: eliot http://visualresistance.org/wordpress/2006/03/01/visual-resistance-at-the-whitney-museum/#comment-25674 Mon, 25 Dec 2006 04:42:14 +0000 http://visualresistance.org/wordpress/2006/03/01/visual-resistance-at-the-whitney-museum/#comment-25674 Sorry if the wording was unclear -- you are of course right. The root of the tragedy of the Spanish Civil War and the four decades of fascism in Spain lies in Franco's rebellion against the republican-socialist government. The Allies' indifference to Spanish democracy and post-war tolerance/support for Franco-fascism is one of the hideously revealing contradictions of the 20th century. Germany did provide air support to Franco and the Italian/German intervention was in stark contrast to the US/Britain's stark refusal to support the republican cause. My understanding of the bombing of Guernica specifically is that it was carried out mainly by the German Luftwaffe. I am not an expert in this history by any means so if I am wrong in this, let me know and I will correct the post. Sorry if the wording was unclear — you are of course right. The root of the tragedy of the Spanish Civil War and the four decades of fascism in Spain lies in Franco’s rebellion against the republican-socialist government. The Allies’ indifference to Spanish democracy and post-war tolerance/support for Franco-fascism is one of the hideously revealing contradictions of the 20th century.

Germany did provide air support to Franco and the Italian/German intervention was in stark contrast to the US/Britain’s stark refusal to support the republican cause. My understanding of the bombing of Guernica specifically is that it was carried out mainly by the German Luftwaffe. I am not an expert in this history by any means so if I am wrong in this, let me know and I will correct the post.

]]> by: colavitos ghost http://visualresistance.org/wordpress/2006/03/01/visual-resistance-at-the-whitney-museum/#comment-25673 Mon, 25 Dec 2006 01:14:58 +0000 http://visualresistance.org/wordpress/2006/03/01/visual-resistance-at-the-whitney-museum/#comment-25673 sorry to rain on the parade or whatever, but guernica had nothing to do with germany or italy. in case we've forgotten, spain suffered through their own little fascist experiment, engineered by a little old guy named francisco franco. guernica was painted in response to franco's bombing of the town during the spanish civil war. sorry to rain on the parade or whatever, but guernica had nothing to do with germany or italy. in case we’ve forgotten, spain suffered through
their own little fascist experiment, engineered by a little old guy named francisco franco. guernica was painted in response to franco’s bombing of the town during the spanish civil war.

]]> by: Fan of Don Lapre http://visualresistance.org/wordpress/2006/03/01/visual-resistance-at-the-whitney-museum/#comment-25534 Fri, 08 Dec 2006 18:41:10 +0000 http://visualresistance.org/wordpress/2006/03/01/visual-resistance-at-the-whitney-museum/#comment-25534 Awesome work.. Keep it going. Congrats on keeping it real and making a difference. Not enough people try. My fight is just beginning as well. Larisa Fan of Don Lapre www.larisajoyreilly.com larisa@larisajoyreilly.com Awesome work.. Keep it going. Congrats on keeping it real and making a difference. Not enough people try. My fight is just beginning as well.

Larisa
Fan of Don Lapre
www.larisajoyreilly.com
larisa@larisajoyreilly.com

]]> by: rottenart http://visualresistance.org/wordpress/2006/03/01/visual-resistance-at-the-whitney-museum/#comment-22582 Thu, 05 Oct 2006 06:01:39 +0000 http://visualresistance.org/wordpress/2006/03/01/visual-resistance-at-the-whitney-museum/#comment-22582 There's many people whom I admire for using art to fight injustice, cruelty, greed, and violence. Today, VR just got added to the list. There’s many people whom I admire for using art to fight injustice, cruelty, greed, and violence. Today, VR just got added to the list.

]]> by: MadTeaParty by DaniCast » Blog Archive » 70 anos de Guernica http://visualresistance.org/wordpress/2006/03/01/visual-resistance-at-the-whitney-museum/#comment-9702 Tue, 08 Aug 2006 22:59:00 +0000 http://visualresistance.org/wordpress/2006/03/01/visual-resistance-at-the-whitney-museum/#comment-9702 [...] Guernica como tema em instalação [...] […] Guernica como tema em instalação […]

]]> by: Anarcissie http://visualresistance.org/wordpress/2006/03/01/visual-resistance-at-the-whitney-museum/#comment-7878 Sun, 16 Jul 2006 13:30:40 +0000 http://visualresistance.org/wordpress/2006/03/01/visual-resistance-at-the-whitney-museum/#comment-7878 Picasso, though, is plastic. Look into Goya. Won't matter where it is. Picasso, though, is plastic. Look into Goya. Won’t matter where it is.

]]> by: cor http://visualresistance.org/wordpress/2006/03/01/visual-resistance-at-the-whitney-museum/#comment-7582 Fri, 07 Jul 2006 21:05:40 +0000 http://visualresistance.org/wordpress/2006/03/01/visual-resistance-at-the-whitney-museum/#comment-7582 I'm really glad that you have been making art with political intent. Please get in touch if you'd like to, I also like making political art. Good luck! I’m really glad that you have been making art with political intent. Please get in touch if you’d like to, I also like making political art. Good luck!

]]> by: eliot http://visualresistance.org/wordpress/2006/03/01/visual-resistance-at-the-whitney-museum/#comment-6106 Sat, 10 Jun 2006 21:15:48 +0000 http://visualresistance.org/wordpress/2006/03/01/visual-resistance-at-the-whitney-museum/#comment-6106 Anthony -- we didn't get to pick the placement, the installation was originally supposed to be upstairs somewhere but got pushed to the basement at the last minute. Great interventionist project! Altria being the lead sponsor of the Biennial is messed up but unfortunately it's par for the course; even before the name change, Philip Morris spread a lot of money around in the art world, especially to NYC museums. In regards to your question about what kind of art would produce a radical impact today, is another, intimately related question: what kind of art institutions can we imagine that would foster that kind of art? Certainly one that's free from Altria money, right, but how to pull it off? Anyway, thanks for the response. Glad you did this! Anthony — we didn’t get to pick the placement, the installation was originally supposed to be upstairs somewhere but got pushed to the basement at the last minute.

Great interventionist project! Altria being the lead sponsor of the Biennial is messed up but unfortunately it’s par for the course; even before the name change, Philip Morris spread a lot of money around in the art world, especially to NYC museums.

In regards to your question about what kind of art would produce a radical impact today, is another, intimately related question: what kind of art institutions can we imagine that would foster that kind of art? Certainly one that’s free from Altria money, right, but how to pull it off?

Anyway, thanks for the response. Glad you did this!

]]> by: Anthony Clune http://visualresistance.org/wordpress/2006/03/01/visual-resistance-at-the-whitney-museum/#comment-6103 Sat, 10 Jun 2006 16:38:21 +0000 http://visualresistance.org/wordpress/2006/03/01/visual-resistance-at-the-whitney-museum/#comment-6103 I thought this was the best project in the Biennial. The thing is that Guerrnica got Picasso banished and it caused riots originally. You put it impotently by the bathrooms. What kind of expressions would have that impact today? Check out my own feable effort: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dAVAd0qvdE I thought this was the best project in the Biennial. The thing is that Guerrnica got Picasso banished and it caused riots originally. You put it impotently by the bathrooms. What kind of expressions would have that impact today?

Check out my own feable effort:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dAVAd0qvdE

]]> by: k.see http://visualresistance.org/wordpress/2006/03/01/visual-resistance-at-the-whitney-museum/#comment-3717 Wed, 03 May 2006 05:59:09 +0000 http://visualresistance.org/wordpress/2006/03/01/visual-resistance-at-the-whitney-museum/#comment-3717 thank you!!!! thank you!!!!

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