War Themed Art

Man, it has been an intense couple of weeks so far at my internship, but it’s been a lot of fun.

I have new stuff to talk about, in spite of the fact of how tired I am.

Get ready for awesomeness…

Anselm Keifer awesomeness that is!.

so so good.

This is from his “… Narrow are the Vessels” instillation at my museum. This specific one is titled.” Let the Earth Be Opened and Send Forth a Savior”( referencing the resurrection of christ in Isaiah 45:8). His art conveys a lot of religious, themes. This is due to his own involvement as a post-war german (literally born a couple days after the third reich). This painting shows, hope and renewal with the flowers, in an otherwise landscape full of doom. The mere size of this piece alone is more then enough to leave you awestruck (9 by 25 feet) Highly recommend checking this out.

This will be weird but watch what happens next.

Yea, I’m surprised too. But really when i see Keifer’s work, I immediately think of the massive shot of all the bodies lined up. Obviously with the flowers this would be he aftermath. Death always means renewal, to some extent at least. There is one landscape Keifer does that is just the doom and gloom of the war, that I see the shot even more clearly, (the difference being, Keifer’s landscape encapsulates the horrors and the view of the warfield.

The song that makes me think of these battles??

 
BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME Ants of the Sky P.1

 

right, I know this is of guitar hero, but its a much much better quality, don’t you agree?

 

especially during the “victorious riff” (1:30-1:50) you will hear it) , I feel that the battle is raging on but there is a moment of hope. ( I hear this riff and I think of a couple guys climbing over bodies and holding their flags high over head. I probably alienated the hell out of some listeners of the indie things I normally do, but I just am focusing on the most convincing war elements I have seen/ heard… ( without talking about a certain band I cannot talk about {see earlier posts})

Oh yeah, and ants of the sky, is a pretty sweet name too,

Sorry it was awhile but I am actualy being productive this summer. So I shall see what else shall come from this… But keep the fight alive! (assuming you’re actually fighting something)    

I’m not gonna lie i’m pretty sure I alienated some people with Between the buried and me, but think about it.  I have yet to really find an indie band that really nails down what it ounds like in a battle, (let’s just imagine for  half a second an Architecture in Helsinki, song about victorious battles and marching through the dead bodies… Hilarious) oh well… anyway

 

Lastly….

Yes it’s a book that everyone has read. I know that, again though middle ground.

I keep thinking about Mary Anne and her necklace of human tongues. That image, has probably forever warped me. But that’s okay. I imagine war as a horrible, disgusting, unfathomable tragedy, and so far, this is what I believe has been the best example in Lit of war that is cohesive with my beliefs on it, (granted Im in a much more movie watching state and desperately need to catch up on my readings. ) Mary Anne goes into Nam a relatively normal girl and then we see this is how she comes back. Powerful powerful stuff.

( for the one person that reads this Christina, I have probably disappointed you… and I apologize for doing so)

and so it goes…

Jordan

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