Show to display Artist's responses to Iraq
By Angela Woodall
Oakland Tribune
Not since U.S. troops pulled out of Vietnam has the country experienced such raw emotion as provoked by the war in Iraq, now in its fifth year.
In response, the FLOAT Gallery in Oakland has organized "Human Remains," a thought-provoking exhibit of artists whose work revolves around the Iraq War, which began March 2003. The show opens Thursday — seven years after the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon — and runs until Oct. 11.
On Saturday, the gallery will host an opening party from 6 to 9 p.m. at its 1091 Calcot Place location, featuring mixed media, film and spoken word. It is located in unit No. 116 in the storefront of Cotton Mill Studios. The gallery's owners, Filomena Serpa and Allison Walton, live in Alameda.
The requiem and performance will include paintings, works on paper, color photography of soldiers serving in the war, camouflage ball gowns, mixed media, music video, filmed performance and spoken word.
Some of the artists included in the exhibit are: Bill Stoneham, Collin Harris, Marty McCorkle, Melissa Sweat, Janeyce Ouellette, Anna Tsiarta, Kari Ann Owen, Tony C. Yang, Diego Marcial Rios, Anastasia Winter Schipani, Bernard Rauch and Marisa Handler.
Poets will include former members of the armed forces, Iraqi citizens and others speaking out about the war in Iraq. The entrance fee is $2 and includes free refreshments and snacks.
