I'll save you having to go look - here's the photo showing this
work (and the exact size they show, too)
that is
up on the DIA site and the text:
"The Children of the World Dream of Peace"
by Leo Tanguma
“The Children of the World Dream of Peace” is a powerful mural expressing
the artist’s desire to abolish violence in society. One part of the diptych
exhibits the tragedy and devastation of war and its impact on humanity. The
mural then moves to images of smiling children dressed in folk costumes from
around the world celebrating peace prevailing over war."
Sweet, huh? I'm sure we all came away with this exact intellectual critique
about what we saw, too. ::rolling eyes::
Take a look at how
big this thing actually is. (The Dead Women/Burning City wall is this
same size, too). The funny part is the word "diptych" is used; a
diptych is a 2-part painting which opens like a hinged book. As I mentioned,
there were originally four walls to this mural, so two entire walls, or half
the mural, is are now gone. Yet they don't miss a beat explaining the message
of these two as a joined work, even though this picture was #3 of the 4 -
so the middle and end are missing. As I also mentioned, I can't think of any
artist who would let or like half his work wiped out like it didn't matter
and never existed.
"AC: This same mural extends over to another mural which depicts
all of the children of the world taking the weapons from each country on earth
and giving them to a central figure which is a German boy who has this iron
fist and anvil in his hand that is totally out of proportion to the child's
body, beating the swords into plowshares. I thought, well, this is very odd
depicting a German child doing this. What all this symbology on the airport
murals seems to convey is that not only do we have a secret society behind
this, but that it is a German secret society behind this, working in the vicinity
of this New World Control Center.
DA: It is interesting when you consider Operation Paperclip wherein
all these Nazis were brought to the United States to be groomed, financed,
and basically brought back into power.
AC: Well, I know they're here, because I have seen them along side
the Americans in the more sensitive areas of the airport. But, these paintings
are most disturbing and very unusual."
Notice the military hat, gas mask and trench coat laying at the foot of the anvil appears to be a broken statue. This leads us to the first of two walls/sections of this mural that seem to have been recently painted over. The Dead Babies and There Must Have Been a Sale On Blue Paint Mural....
(also please note the dove has a girlfriend/boyfriend/significant other....this is important!)
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