If you think back a few months ago, it’s hard to imagine that something as simple as the tent would gain such symbolic importance. And wherever the Occupy Wall Street movement goes from here, it has already succeeded in that it has opened a dialogue about wealth and power that we have not had in 80 years in the United States. Yesterday I was in Frank Ogawa Plaza in front of Oakland’s City Hall. It was inspiring.
The 2011 Project is a work by San Francisco artist Tofu. Each day in 2011 he created a 4”x4” mixed media piece. The finished project was made up of 365 smaller mixed media pieces. In 2013 the individual pieces will be distributed to project supporters. The project also acted as sketchbook for new ideas, which continue to be incorporated into new work For more information please visit 2011project.com
Thursday, November 3, 2011
November 3, 2011 – The Tent is Mightier than the Sword
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