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John Scott
Dogfight 2008 mixed media on paper, 38 x 50 inches
A Blast 2008 mixed media on paper, 38 x 50 inches
One Shot World 2007 mixed media on paper, 50 x 38 inches
And did I like the The Battle Ground Project currently on display at the Textile museum?
Yes, I'd say so. These images and more have been catalogued on the Textile Museum's site.
It also should be pointed out that this exhibition is sponsored by the National Post, the same newspaper that recently published an article by one of their resident retards (or maybe she was a freelance moron) that called for the ending of government funding for arts & culture, a bit disingenuous of them since they are happy to reap the tax breaks from their sponsorship of a cultural event such as this.
Perhaps it's money well spent in their minds because the Related Programs and Events include:
Talk: Dogs in War Cinnamon was a military camp mascot on a US Military Base in Afghanistan. Just a puppy, she had found her way into the hearts of many of the service men and women stationed there. One in particular, LCDR Mark Feffer worried for her future when most of the troops who cared for her were due to rotate out of the region. Who would care for her then? Christine Sullivan founded New Hope for Animals with her brother Mark Feffer to raise money for animals in need. She is the author of 44 Days Out Of Kandahar: The Amazing Journey of a Missing Military Puppy and the Desperate Search to Find Her.I love puppies, but this won't work, war isn't cute. (and those pesky arms-length arts juries would probably fund some crabby lefty artist who doesn't think war is cute either)
Tora Bora from War Rug
The Battle Ground Project at the Textile Museum of Canada, 55 Centre Avenue, Toronto.
Opening: April 23, 6:30pm
Max Allen has curated three exhibitions in all: Battleground: War Rugs from Afghanistan, The Kandahar Journals of Richard Johnson and Patches: Military Uniform Insignia
Sarah Quinton, a curator at the Textile museum, told me about this show a few weeks ago, so I got idiotically excited and sent her a link to where I claimed to have written a post about war rugs. Of course I did no such thing. I started by writing a post about the writer Ryszard Kapuscinski that meandered into the subject of war rugs. (I like to pretend that posting pictures is equivalent to essay writing.)
Afghan War Rug from warrug.com
RPG Rug from War Rug
WTC Rug from War Rug
Douglas Walker
Untitled #A-246 oil on panel, 32" x 44"
Untitled #A-247 oil on panel, 32" x 44"
Untitled #A-253 oil on panel, 32" x 44"
Untitled #A-248 oil on panel, 32" x 44"
Lisa Neighbour - I'll See You 2008 engraved knife blade
Just kidding, I'm not dead. But Sally has a bad cold.
At Lisa's opening we discussed our ideal last words. I want to have sent, posthuminously, an email that reads: "I'm dead, you're not". Lisa has promised a blade version in that eventuality, though I prefer to think of myself as exempt . (and at that moment I might just end up saying shitfuckdamncocksucker)
Sunday Devotionals
Big Maybelle singing a brilliant version of 96 Tears (via mister anchovy)