pictured: Joy Garnett's Kill Box (2001), an oil painting based on a night-vision image from the first Gulf War.
WHITNEY’S INDEPENDENT STUDY PROGRAM PRESENTS IMAGE WAR: CONTESTING IMAGES OF POLITICAL CONFLICT, MAY 19-JUNE 25, 2006 At the CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue at 34th Street Opening Reception: Friday, May 19, 2006, 6-8 pm Gallery Hours: Wednesday-Sunday 12-6 pm Featuring work by fourteen contemporary international artists, Image War: Contesting Images of Political Conflict highlights recent artistic practices that explore media representations of war and conflict. Artists included are Willie Doherty, Claire Fontaine, Coco Fusco, Rainer Ganahl, Joy Garnett, Jon Haddock, Amar Kanwar, Dinh Q. Lê, An-My Lê, Radical Software Group (RSG), and Tamiko Thiel & Zara Houshmand....Organized by the 2005/06 Helena Rubenstein Curatorial Fellows of the Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program, this exhibition features work in a variety of media including painting, photography, digital compositions, video, and interactive virtual reality. The works in the show were all made since the first Gulf War, but focus on conflicts ranging from the Vietnam War through the current war in Iraq. The artists in the exhibition examine how media coverage of political violence often determines our understanding of conflicts.
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See also: Night Vision, a travelling exhibition curated by Joy Garnett
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