Hiroshima Day, Art Slide Lecture by Artist Mark Vallen (tags)
Artworks clockwise: German Expressionist Felix Nussbaum's 1940 "Self-Portrait with Jewish Pass"; Mark Vallen's 1982 anti-Nuke "There Goes My Career"; Gert Wollheim's 1919 "The Wounded Man"; Atom Bomb survivor Takakura Nobuko's vision of a civilian melting in atomic fire; Vallen's 2001 "I Am Not The Enemy"; Vallen's 2003 "Not Our Children, Not Their Children" (published in the book Peace Signs).
ARTISTS SUBPOENAED IN USA PATRIOT ACT CASE (tags)
Feds STILL unable to distinguish art from bioterrorism Grand jury to convene June 15 HELP URGENTLY NEEDED - SEE BELOW Three artists have been served subpoenas to appear before a federal grand jury that will consider bioterrorism charges against a university professor whose art involves the use of simple biology equipment.
FBI ABDUCTS ARTIST, SEIZES ART (tags)
A member of the Critical Art Ensamble, a seminal early 90's theory/art outfit ( famous for saying that internet street protest is dead- for which they latter oppologized) is under heavy FBI scrutiny for his bio-tech related art practice.