Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Book Marks

For this piece I printed out passages from many books that call people to hate and violence; the Bible, the Koran, The Prince, The Art of War, The Red Book, Mein Kamf, and Communist Manifesto. I even used the Declaration of Independence. I then saw this striking image of a girl in a refuge camp. I tore up these printed pages and created her face from them. I have birds but I want you to be unsure if they are doves or crows. The background is very textural with sand and stones in the paint. A small black book is raining pages down on the girl.  My question is the same as for the Weeping Angel. I have an image in the painting that is a bit hidden. Do you know what it is? Here is a hint; it is an image from a war zone.Let me know what you see.

2 comments:

miss p said...

A woman holding a child? This one is so powerful..one of the best.

denise bach said...

a figure on the left? i really like this piece- very thought provoking!i like how the gestures of the birds are sort of repeated in the girl.