Are you getting your oils out over the oil spill?
How are you reacting to BP's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? Have you created art in response to this tragedy? What is the role of the artist in an situation like this?
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Permalink Reply by John Rouse on -
While not related to the BP spill directly I enjoyed Culturalista's Abby Levine's "Afghan Poppy" image and it's commentary on the influence of oil.
Also found a funny editorial comic on the BP spill. There are a lot out there:
From the New Yorker:
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Permalink Reply by Nico Daswani on -
wow! Does it matter to you that BP is a British company or is this more of a transnational problem? Judging by your image I imagine it is the latter...
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Permalink Reply by Dolores Guerrero on -
Love this image. Sad but is this where we are going!
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Permalink Reply by Nico Daswani on
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I found this too:
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Permalink Reply by cheryl gravitt on -
Mostly, I'm saving pics of it, and saving them, not my pics, but news pics. It's sad, just sad.
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Permalink Reply by cheryl gravitt on
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this could happen to any oil company. I know the Tony guy, (head of BP,) has said some pretty crappy things, but when other people judge him, maybe they should put themselves in his place, I wouldn't want that guys job now.
I do strongly believe they should have had some kind of back up plan to deal with possibilities like this. I'm sure it's not the only deep sea oil rig on the planet, that's a ticking time bomb. The animals are really pitiful. The people who lost their livelihoods, will be hurting for years. It's just a sad thing all around, and also, the people that lost their lives in the explosion, if I was a family member, or someone who loved them, or cared about them, I'd probably be angry about how they've been forgotten in all this mess.
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Permalink Reply by cheryl gravitt on
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The drilled a big hole in the ocean floor, now oil's coming out of it, and no one can stop it. It's like alot of other problems humanity has, to me, so many smart, smart people, and no one can think of ways to solve the problems.
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Permalink Reply by cheryl gravitt on
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The taste the rainbow one is one from a friend of mine who lives in Miami, she's got a great sense of humor about it.
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Permalink Reply by Dolores Guerrero on
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Great and sad picture. How would we feel if we were this bird?
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Permalink Reply by cheryl gravitt on
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Here's where we're at now on the oil spill, and oh ... all the other stuff that needs fixing in this world ;>(
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Permalink Reply by Sonia Simard on -
It is becoming evident to me that social commentary is often the direction my work takes. And the reason this befuddles me is that I'm not convinced that I can make a real difference. However, recently it has come to my attention that some of the greatest humanitarians attribute their success on the fact that they focus on the ' individual ' instead of the multitudes and that is how they made, and make, a difference. By that same token, if I choose to add my little statement to the thousands of voices outraged at the injustices and the callous disregard for the environment, the message becomes so much louder and clearer.
I did try to add a picture of a painting I did recently but could not insert in this response. There's two things you can do if you are interested in viewing it: 1) tell me how to go about it. When I try, only the URL appears; or 2) you can check out my blog at: http://ateliercuriostudio.blogspot.com That is where you will find Fools' Gold, my visual commentary on the oil spill.
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