I wish I had found this installation piece, by Chilean-born/NY-based artist Sebatian Errazurizvia, in time for my Issues+Images class this summer. It would have been perfect for my ‘Art out of context’ unit. ‘the counting of dead soldiers outside my studio was long and surprisingly eerie; it was hard to forget that every brush stroke was a soldier who had died the previous year. a lot of people stopped to read the mural and were immediately impressed by the reality portrayed. most of them seemed quite shocked and approached me to ask if what I waspainting was real. I tried to explain that I simply wished to create a physical image that could capture people’s imagination, creating awareness of the current numbers in death, war and the infinite discrepancy between the resources and energies destined to fight and protect soldiers at war versus the energies invested in protecting their mental healthand stability.’  via: knbrl // full photo set and article on mymodernmet
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I wish I had found this installation piece, by Chilean-born/NY-based artist Sebatian Errazurizvia, in time for my Issues+Images class this summer. It would have been perfect for my ‘Art out of context’ unit.

‘the counting of dead soldiers outside my studio was long and surprisingly eerie; it was hard to forget that every brush stroke was a soldier who had died the previous year. a lot of people stopped to read the mural and were immediately impressed by the reality portrayed. most of them seemed quite shocked and approached me to ask if what I was
painting was real. I tried to explain that I simply wished to create a physical image that could capture people’s imagination, creating awareness of the current numbers in death, war and the infinite discrepancy between the resources and energies destined to fight and protect soldiers at war versus the energies invested in protecting their mental healthand stability.’

 via: knbrl // full photo set and article on mymodernmet