THIS IS FOR REAL: War and the contemporary audience

March 10, 2004

Type: discussion

For Immediate Release: March 9, 2004

THIS IS FOR REAL: War and the contemporary audience
Curated by Keith Miller + Alex Couri

URL: http://www.keith-miller.com/war/

March 9 - April 2, 2004

SAC Gallery, SUNY Stony Brook
Opening reception: 5-6pm Thursday March 11, 2004
Panel + round table: 4pm, with special guest Nick Mirzoeff, Associate
Professor, Art History at SUNY Stony Brook

"While the representation of war may seem inevitable, its truths so well
constructed as to be undeniable, it is the glory of this production that
entices us. We are drawn to it, if indeed we are, because it gives us the
opportunity to participate." [curators' notes]

Participating Artists:
Karina Aguilera-Skvirsky
Stephanie Andrews
Bernard J. Canniffe
Matthew Fisher
Rainer Ganahl
Joy Garnett
Ilona Granet
Marc Lepson
Max Liboiron
David Luke
Pamela Matsuda-Dunn
Robin Michaels
Lina Pallotta
Michael A. Rippens
Dread Scott
Natacha Seideneck
Therese Stowell

artists' works and texts:
http://www.keith-miller.com/war/

[from curators' notes]:
"While images of war have been present from the beginnings of the history
of art, the introduction of immediate media– camera, television and the
internet–have transformed [war's] representation and its reception.
Matthew Brady's photos, so influential re: the psyche of the American
people during the civil war, offered concrete proof that atrocities were
occurring, even if, as is now know, those photos were often staged. The
dubious origin of what we see does not [necessarily] call into question
its veracity. It is this that is so troubling."

For more information contact:
Keith MILLER <[email protected]>
Alex Couri <[email protected]>

SUNY Stony Brook
http://www.art.sunysb.edu/index.html
Department of Art
Staller Center
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, New York 11794-5400

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