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THE SENSORY WAR 1914-2014 │ Manchester Art Gallery → 22 February 2015
“Ɖs mêjr grūpexibišn mācñ ɖ Sentīṇri v ɖ Frst Wrldwor xplorz hâ ātists hv cmynicetd ɖ impact v militri conflict on ɖ bodi, mînd, invîrnmnt n hymn sensz btwn 1914 n 2014.
Ɖ šo xaminz hâ ātists fṛm 1914 onwdz dpictd ɖ devstetñ impact v ny militri tecnoḷjiz yṭlîzd in a senčri v conflict bginñ wɖ ɖ Frst Wrldwor. It brñz tgɖr wrc fṛm a renj v līdñ ātists includñ Henri Lam, CRW Nevinsn, Pwl Naš, Oto Dix, Nansi Spero, Ričd Mos, Omer Fast n fīčrz wrcs bî ɖ hībacūša, svîvrz v ɖ atomic bom dropt on Hirošima, ẇč wr crietd in ɖ 1970z n r biyñ šôn in ɖ YC fr ɖ frst tîm.
Fumiko Ya: Hospital. 1973-74. (Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum)
Yoshiko Michitsuji, aged 48 at the time of drawing. I ran towards my house through a sea of flames (Hibakusha Works: Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum)
Kichisuke Yoshimura, 75 at time of drawing. Riverbank near Hiroshima Railway Station. Their clothes ripped to shreds. Their skin hanging down. 1973-74 (Hibakusha Works: Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum)
Masahiko Nakata, age 72 at the time of drawing. Bloated bodies in the river over Yokogawa Bridge, 1973-74 (Hibakusha Works: Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum)
Gisaku Tanaka aged 72 at the time of drawing. Lights blinking on in the atomic desert (Hibakusha Works: Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum)
(Ṣmanʈa Pein, Đ INṬNAŠNL BIZNISTÎMZ, 24 Septembr 2014)
Ɖ Frst Wrldwor involvd a pṛfând rīcnfiğrešn v senṣri xpirı̣ns n pspšn ʈru ɖ invnšn v devstetñ militri tecnoḷjiz, ẇč dstrŷd hymn lîvz n oltrd ɖ invîrnmnt bynd recgnišn. Its leġsi hz cntinyd n ivolvd ʈru īvn mr radicl fwmz v dstruẋn ovr ɖ last hundṛd yirz. Ʈrt ɖ senčri, ātists hv strugld t undrstand ɖ tru ifct v modn tecṇlojicl warfér. Ẇl militri n pres ftogṛfi hv brwt a ny c̣paṣti t coldli dokyment sč līʈl dsplez, ātists fând a dfṛnt we v siyñ.
Mančestr Ātgaḷri hz a našnli impwtnt c̣lẋn v āt v ɖ Frst Wrldwor, ẇč wz asmbld bî its frst drctr, Loṛns Hêẉd. Têcñ ɖs rič c̣lẋn az ɖ stātñpŷnt, ɖs šo includz historic n cntmprri āt fṛm ɖ YC, Jrṃni, Frans, Iṭli, ɖ Neɖrḷndz, ɖ Ynîtd Stêts, Caṇda, Jpan, Vietnam, Ny Zīḷnd, Aljiria, Îrḷnd, Iran, Izrel n Paḷstîn.
Continue reading THE SENSORY WAR 1914-2014 │ Manchester Art Gallery → 22 February 2015
TRUTH & MEMORY: BRITISH ART OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR │ Imperial War Museum, London → 8 March 2015
Eric Õri Kenñtn, Đ CENZÑTNZ AT LAVNTI, 1915
Stanli Spensr, TRAVŶZ ARÎVÑ WĐ WŪNDD AT A DRESÑSTÊŠN AT SMOL, MAṢDÔNIA, SEPTEMBR 1916
Jwj Clwzn, YŪƮ MŌNÑ, 1916
Jon Naš, OPI WŬD, 1917: ĪVNÑ
Jwj Glwzn, IN Đ GUNFACTRI AT WŬLIJ ĀSNWL, 1918
Pwl Naš, W R MCÑ A NY WRLD, 1918
Ana Ẹri, ŠOP FR MŠĪNÑ 15-INČ ŠELZ: SÑR MANYFACČRÑCUMṖNI, CLÎDBANC, GLAZGO, 1918
Pwl Naš, Đ MENINRÔD, 1919
CRW Nevinsn, PAĐZ V GLWRI, 1917
Jon Sñr Sājnt, GAST, 1919
Prsi Windm Luis, A BAṬRI ŠELD, 1919
Gilḅt Rojrz, GAST, ‘IN ARDUIS FIDELIS,’ 1919
Wiłm Ōpn, T Đ UŅÔN BRITIŠ SOLJR IN FRANS, 1921
“Ɖ ljst xibišn v Britiš Frst Wrldwor āt fr olmst 100 yirz, ɖs mêjr retṛspctv rvilz hâ ātists helpt cmeṃret ɖ Frst Wrldwor n šêp a memri v ɖ conflict ɖt indyrz t ɖs de.
Ɖ Frst Wrldwor sw a flurišñ v Britiš ātistc xprešn, rzultñ in ɖ criešn v a ny žãra: worāt.
Ātists sč az CRW Nevinsn, Pwl Naš n Wiłm Ōpn xperimentd wɖ ny fwmz v āt t rflct ẇt ɖe sw n dpict ɖ riaḷti v ɖ frst tôtl wor. Z ɖ āt crietd jrñ ɖ Frst Wrld Wor trūli ōʈntc or pāt v ɖ propganda srândñ Britn’z wortîm ef̣ts?”