There's a darkness in the work of venerated Canadian war artist Bill MacDonnell, who has spent three decades travelling the world as a self-described silent witness.
Dick Averns, curatorial coordinator at the Military Museums, discusses the artwork of war artist Bill MacDonnell at the museum in Calgary, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntoshThere's a darkness in the work of venerated Canadian war artist Bill MacDonnell, who has spent three decades travelling the world as a self-described silent witness.
"A lot of Bill MacDonnell's work is around the theme of cultural amnesia. They draw attention to histories that are in danger of being forgotten.""My drive was to have that first-hand experience. My theory in making the art and having a critical eye similar to Bill's is ‘What are the unseen areas?’ I was interested in relationships between oil, the war in Iraq and 9/11.
"There's a couple with colour. There's a nice green grass over there but there's some other stuff that's not so happy." Averns said the second painting shows the mass graves commemorating the German siege of Leningrad, which lasted 900 days and saw 800,000 deaths.a special live presentation from the Military MuseumsPM Trudeau congratulates Donald Trump on presidential victoryPedestrian hit by CTrain in downtown CalgaryDonald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States on Wednesday, clearing the 270 electoral votes needed to clinch the presidency.
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