Is anyone else in NY doing this? Their website is here...this is the press release:
and here are the locations in NY:
New York Based Guerilla Arts Organization Plans International Day of Artistic Reactions to War
NEW YORK, NY – On May 3rd 2003, The Works on Shirts Project will be staging an international exhibition of artistic reactions to war consisting of original works of art created on the backs of white cotton dress shirts. On the day of the event, participants in over 30 cities in 8 countries around the world will form walking art galleries, wearing original works they've created into museums and monuments, parks and shopping malls to help raise public awareness of the realities of war in our time.
The organizers have named the show “Wearnica”, a reference to Picasso’s famous anti-war mural, “Guernica”, which was recently the center of controversy when the U.N. decided to cover the tapestry of it hanging outside the security council chambers prior to Secretary of State, Colin Powell’s address to the Security Council.
In 1937, Picasso was moved by the massive bombing of a small Basque town in northern Spain to create what has become one of the twentieth century’s most profound visual expressions of the brutal and self-destructive nature of war.
In 2003, faced with massive bombings in Iraq, and the potential for future conflicts in Syria, Iran, North Korea and elsewhere, The Works on Shirts Project has created WEARNICA to give people in the U.S. and around the world an opportunity to publicly express their own personal reactions to war. So far the response has been extremely enthusiastic with new locations being added daily.
According to Athomas Goldberg, the group's founder, "The irony of the Guernica cover-up is that whatever the reasons for it, concealing the mural actually served to publicize the profound effect a piece of art can have on our views of war and its consequences. Our response was to give people an opportunity to explore for themselves the cost of war and to bring these modern 'Guernicas' into their communities where they might foster a real dialog on the impact of war in our time."
The Works on Shirts Project was formed in the spring of 1993 to address the division between fine art and popular culture by exploring new ways of bringing contemporary art into the public eye. For the group’s first exhibition, eighteen artists were selected to produce a total of twenty-one works of art on the backs of white, cotton dress shirts. The pieces included works in paint, mixed media, heat-transferred images, framed photographs, and interactive art. Over the course of two weekends in May and June of that year, the show was walked into the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Modern Art, The Whitney Museum, The Guggenheim and the Guggenheim Soho, where for two hours in each location, the artists’ backs formed the walls and easels of a living art gallery alongside the permanent collections and exhibits of the museum.
NEW YORK, NY – On May 3rd 2003, The Works on Shirts Project will be staging an international exhibition of artistic reactions to war consisting of original works of art created on the backs of white cotton dress shirts. On the day of the event, participants in over 30 cities in 8 countries around the world will form walking art galleries, wearing original works they've created into museums and monuments, parks and shopping malls to help raise public awareness of the realities of war in our time.
The organizers have named the show “Wearnica”, a reference to Picasso’s famous anti-war mural, “Guernica”, which was recently the center of controversy when the U.N. decided to cover the tapestry of it hanging outside the security council chambers prior to Secretary of State, Colin Powell’s address to the Security Council.
In 1937, Picasso was moved by the massive bombing of a small Basque town in northern Spain to create what has become one of the twentieth century’s most profound visual expressions of the brutal and self-destructive nature of war.
In 2003, faced with massive bombings in Iraq, and the potential for future conflicts in Syria, Iran, North Korea and elsewhere, The Works on Shirts Project has created WEARNICA to give people in the U.S. and around the world an opportunity to publicly express their own personal reactions to war. So far the response has been extremely enthusiastic with new locations being added daily.
According to Athomas Goldberg, the group's founder, "The irony of the Guernica cover-up is that whatever the reasons for it, concealing the mural actually served to publicize the profound effect a piece of art can have on our views of war and its consequences. Our response was to give people an opportunity to explore for themselves the cost of war and to bring these modern 'Guernicas' into their communities where they might foster a real dialog on the impact of war in our time."
The Works on Shirts Project was formed in the spring of 1993 to address the division between fine art and popular culture by exploring new ways of bringing contemporary art into the public eye. For the group’s first exhibition, eighteen artists were selected to produce a total of twenty-one works of art on the backs of white, cotton dress shirts. The pieces included works in paint, mixed media, heat-transferred images, framed photographs, and interactive art. Over the course of two weekends in May and June of that year, the show was walked into the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Modern Art, The Whitney Museum, The Guggenheim and the Guggenheim Soho, where for two hours in each location, the artists’ backs formed the walls and easels of a living art gallery alongside the permanent collections and exhibits of the museum.
Brooklyn
contact: Brooklyn Parents for Peace art@brooklynpeace.org
Brooklyn Museum Sculpture Garden 1:00 pm
Brooklyn Farmer's Market - Grand Army Plaza 1:30 pm
New York City
contact: nyc1@worksonshirts.org
Bread & Roses Gallery (310 w 43rd Street) May 1st, 6:00 pm - note the date
The Whitney Museum of American Art* 10:00 am - 11:00 am
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum* 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art* 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
contact: Brooklyn Parents for Peace art@brooklynpeace.org
Brooklyn Museum Sculpture Garden 1:00 pm
Brooklyn Farmer's Market - Grand Army Plaza 1:30 pm
New York City
contact: nyc1@worksonshirts.org
Bread & Roses Gallery (310 w 43rd Street) May 1st, 6:00 pm - note the date
The Whitney Museum of American Art* 10:00 am - 11:00 am
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum* 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art* 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm