Life in Art
Jul. 18th, 2003 09:26 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
legalmooseThis past weekend I went to see
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This past weekend I went to see <a href="http://www.sites.si.edu/exhibitions/martinprog.htm" target+"_blank">an exhibit</a> at the <a href="http://www.si.edu/ripley/
target="_blank">Ripley center</a> at <a href="http://www.si.edu/" target="_blank">the Smithsonian</a>. The exhibit was on Martin Luther King.
There were a couple of pieces that really caught my eye. The one that I immediately tried to find a print of at the museum shops (to no avail, alas) was <a href="http://www.la.indymedia.org/news/2003/04/46985_comment.php" target="_blank">"My Country, Right or Wrong"</a> by Cliff Joseph. It was painted at the height of the Vietnam war and depicts the pitfalls of blind patriotism. I found it particularly moving and appropriate in the current political environmen in the US.
target="_blank">Ripley center</a> at <a href="http://www.si.edu/" target="_blank">the Smithsonian</a>. The exhibit was on Martin Luther King.
There were a couple of pieces that really caught my eye. The one that I immediately tried to find a print of at the museum shops (to no avail, alas) was <a href="http://www.la.indymedia.org/news/2003/04/46985_comment.php" target="_blank">"My Country, Right or Wrong"</a> by Cliff Joseph. It was painted at the height of the Vietnam war and depicts the pitfalls of blind patriotism. I found it particularly moving and appropriate in the current political environmen in the US.
