This is a truly encyclopedic survey of artistsrsquo; responses - both official and personal - to the horrors of war. Art and War reveals the sheer diversity of artistsrsquo; portrayals of this most devastating aspect of the human condition - from the lsquo;heroicrsquo; paintings of Benjamin West and John Singer Sargent to brutal and iconic works by artists from Goya to Picasso; and the equally oppositional work of Leon Golub; Nancy Spero and others who reacted with fury to the Vietnam War. Laura Brandon pays particular attention to work produced in response to World War I and World War II; as well as to more recent art and memorial work by artists as diverse as Barbara Kruger; Alfredo Jar and Maya Lin. She looks finally to the reactions of contemporary artists such as Langlands and Bell to the US invasion in 2001 of Afghanistan and the lsquo;War on Terrorrsquo;.
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Review
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A must read if you care about the evolutions of the Cinema and the worlds we live and practice in.By Peer BodeThis is a terrific book about a remarkable Contemporary American Independent filmmaker. I have purchased a number of copies of this book that I have given as gifts to my colleagues . The various contributors to Optic Antics have done an outstanding job capturing Ken Jacobss rich and complex thinking and vision. Ken Jacobs brings into focus what making it real can in fact be and mean.
