"The Art of War" Exhibition
Queens Museum of Art
This event has ended.
The Art of War displays posters from the Vietnam War. The starting point is ten North Vietnamese paintings (original art for posters) from the Shelley and Donald Rubin private collection. These are powerful images that could be hard to look at for many Americans. These images are contextualized with three other selections: American posters supporting the war effort in Vietnam, American anti-war posters from the Vietnam era, and an empty frame representing North Vietnamese anti-war posters (which presumably do not exist).
As for the labels on the walls, we will be asking museums visitors, participants of our New New Yorkers Program, and staff who are Vietnam veterans, to write them. We would also like to ask YOU, the general public, for your input. As we post images of the works on this page, please leave your comments below or tweet @QueensMuseum using the hasthtag #ArtOfWar. Click on the images to see their captions and in full. Please be mindful and respectful of the public forum. Thanks for participating.
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Schedule
from March 14, 2010 to April 11, 2010
Opening Reception on 2010-04-04 from 15:00 to 16:00