art that records history #2

"Mahone's Counterattack"

Battle of the Crater, Petersburg, Virginia

soldiers of the 9th Corps (north) take on the 6th (south)Virginia during the Battle of the Crater. This was on July 30th, 1964. One of the last "big" battles of the Civil War. General Mahone, which this painting is named after, turned the tide of the Souths defense against the northern attack in Petersburg.

Jay

Controversial Art & Art that Records History

Art that Records History #1

This is a painting by Casper Weisgerber showing Betsy Ross showing the first flag to some of the forefathers of our nation. The painting is capturing the historic birth of the US flag, and the creation and sewing of the flag itself was a great artwork.

Controversial Art Piece #1: Gate, Angela Singer

2006 recycled taxidermy, mixed media 90 x 210 x 80 mm

Angela Singer uses the carcasses of dead animals as the base material for her artwork. She is an animal rights activist who hopes to raise awareness on the gruesome nature of killing animals for art (deer heads on walls, etc) by exaggerating the effect. Other pieces, using false blood and terrified-looking jeweled eyes on the carcasses, are even more disturbing than Gate, the piece pictured here. Her art is controversial because many people see it as unnecessarily painful to view and exploitative of the very animals she is trying to protect.

-Katy

Controversial Art Piece #2 Kisses, the sexy urinal.

Designer: Meike van Schijndel

In 2006 after complaints from shocked customers these McDonalds urinals were removed. Two years earlier Virgin Atlantic removed a similar set of urinals from John F. Kennedy airport in New York after complaints that the designs were unfriendly to women.

- Kenny.