In Flatbed, The Blue Curtain, five painters copy Picasso’s Guernica in negative. The outcome is reminiscent of images on security monitors at airports. The work relates to the focus by the media, which the painting gained when it was covered by a ”blue curtain” during Collin Powell’s address declaring war on Iraq, which turned it into an icon of the peace movement.
The CDA's archives are operating with the support of the Ostrovsky Family Fund and Artis
The CDA's archives are operating with the support of the Ostrovsky Family Fund and Artis
In Flatbed, The Blue Curtain, five painters copy Picasso’s Guernica in negative. The outcome is reminiscent of images on security monitors at airports. The work relates to the focus by the media, which the painting gained when it was covered by a ”blue curtain” during Collin Powell’s address declaring war on Iraq, which turned it into an icon of the peace movement.
The CDA's archives are operating with the support of the Ostrovsky Family Fund and Artis
The CDA's archives are operating with the support of the Ostrovsky Family Fund and Artis