tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41291277351692051102011-07-08T00:10:38.356-07:00War and the Pity of WarPAINTINGS, SCULPTURE AND MUSIC INSPIRED BY THE POETRY OF WILFRED OWEN - created by Michelle and Daniel CioccoloniGallery 118noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4129127735169205110.post-31780043184108750702009-10-24T07:44:00.000-07:002009-10-26T12:38:38.110-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BVQWi5C9bY8/SuMcQQz0kBI/AAAAAAAAAxg/CW_z4uGsBiI/s1600-h/Wilfredowen.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 163px; height: 241px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BVQWi5C9bY8/SuMcQQz0kBI/AAAAAAAAAxg/CW_z4uGsBiI/s400/Wilfredowen.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396187844235792402" border="0" /></a><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="">Visual artist <span class="il">Michelle</span> Cioccoloni has collaborated with her brother Daniel to create a body of work inspired by Wilfred Owen's war poems and his experience on the front. One of the most powerful denouncers of the horrors and hypocrisies of war, the figure of Wilfred Owen is a compelling one, his work offering a message that is as relevant in the war-torn world of today as it was in the Europe of 1914. Spreading across two floors, the exhibition will be a multimedia experience, including aural (music and sound) and visual </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="">elements </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="">(sculptural drawings, artist books, painting and sculpture), offering the viewer a thorough inquiry into one of the most remembered of the First World War poets.</span></span> Highlights of the exhibition include the imposing 1.2 metre portrait of Owen shown here, alongside a companion piece that recreates Owen's celebrated 'Preface' in which he defined his poetic vision of 'war and the pity of war'.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/A-Z9VEKzg2k&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/A-Z9VEKzg2k&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4129127735169205110-3178004318410875070?l=wilfredowenatgallery118.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Gallery 118noreply@blogger.com0