http://hyperallergic.com/3788/natural-apparition-gaia/ Sensitive to Art and its Discontents Tue, 22 May 2012 05:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://hyperallergic.com/3788/natural-apparition-gaia/comment-page-1/#comment-1360 Letter from Baltimore: Street Art Arrives | Metropolis POV | Metropolis Magazine Wed, 26 May 2010 17:01:48 +0000 http://hyperallergic.com/?p=3788#comment-1360 [...] In St. John, a man’s body is topped by a Rooster as it gently cradles the severed head of a man (who strongly resembles the man in Caravaggio’s Judith Beheading Holofernes). “Saint John was Jesus’ messenger, proclaiming him to be the son of God, and he was killed for promulgating Jesus,” Gaia says. “He wasn’t listened to. [My piece] is this concept that we know that we are going on the wrong path and there are messengers telling us that our lives aren’t sustainable, but no one is listening.” (You can read more about this particular work from the art critic Hrag Vartanian.) [...] [...] In St. John, a man’s body is topped by a Rooster as it gently cradles the severed head of a man (who strongly resembles the man in Caravaggio’s Judith Beheading Holofernes). “Saint John was Jesus’ messenger, proclaiming him to be the son of God, and he was killed for promulgating Jesus,” Gaia says. “He wasn’t listened to. [My piece] is this concept that we know that we are going on the wrong path and there are messengers telling us that our lives aren’t sustainable, but no one is listening.” (You can read more about this particular work from the art critic Hrag Vartanian.) [...]

]]> http://hyperallergic.com/3788/natural-apparition-gaia/comment-page-1/#comment-745 rebel:art » Blog Archive » Hrag Vartanian: Street Critic Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:51:26 +0000 http://hyperallergic.com/?p=3788#comment-745 [...] Gaias “St. John” – daneben die geklebte Street-Art-Kritik [...] [...] Gaias “St. John” – daneben die geklebte Street-Art-Kritik [...]

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