ART, Iraq War art at National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum
On Veterans Day I attended the opening of Aaron Hughes' exhibition at the National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum (scroll down to "Shifting Memories").
Reconstructing an identity amidst the dust of false understandings, deceiving narratives, and "Iraq".
Aaron Hughes shares a series of projects that bring to the forefront the over-complex personal realities of the War in Iraq. The projects convey a series of metaphors, critiques, and ambiguous narratives in order to deconstruct the nostalgic war epic that informs much of how mass media interprets war. Veering away from ideologies, these projects point instead to the complexity of daily experiences, practices, and tactics. This shift suggests that personal expressions and independent alternative communications can deconstruct the social, cultural, and political walls that foster dehumanization.
On Display:
November 11, 2006 – May 2007
Tues - Fri 11am-6pm
Sat. 10am-5pm
Aaron Hughes is a native of suburban Chicago and went to Iraq in 2006 with the Illinois National Guard.
posted by Carl Nyberg at
6:00 AM
3 Comments:
Powerful images.
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RetiredPastorNancy, at 4:27 PM, November 12, 2006
My general comment about the museum is how much it has changed since I last attended.
I last visited in 2003. A large portion of the art was done by POWs.
This was kinda misleading from the perspective that about a half million GIs went to Vietnam and under 1,000 were captured and held POW.
But the context of the current period has changed since 2003. I didn't notice any POW art this time.
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Carl Nyberg, at 4:45 PM, November 12, 2006
http://www.aarhughes.org
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Anonymous, at 3:58 PM, November 13, 2006
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