From Sunday April 19th to Wednesday April 22nd, the visual petition for deep cuts in global nuclear weapons was on display at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. The Nuclear Disarmament Art Exhibit was hosted by PNA’s youth network, Ban All Nukes Generation (BANG-USA), and featured the work of nearly seventy professional and student artists from around the world.
Sunday’s opening show offered attendees the opportunity to learn more about PNA, meet some of the featured artists, vote for their favorite pieces, and join in a reception and awards ceremony for the top prized pieces. At first place was Phil Bracco’s “Black Rain” a poignant, mixed media sculpture depicting a Japanese woman soaked in the black rain that immediately followed the bombing of Hiroshima. Placing in second was Siri Beckman’s “Creation of Atom,” an oil painting that played with the image and themes of creation displayed within Michelangelo’s famous fresco on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Third place was John Baccile’s “Living on Borrowed Time,” a print that recalled the Manhattan Project’s first successful nuclear test and the test director’s subsequent declaration, “Now we're all sons of bitches.”
Honorable Mention artists include Bianca Cevoli, Joshua Hey, Laura Ladendorf, Fabian Dominic Wyss, and Ryan Friant, who also won the Audience Choice Award for his mixed media print, “Precarious Perch.”
PNA was delighted and thrilled by every artist’s contribution and thanks all those who attended the show and supported the visual petition for deep cuts in the global nuclear weapons arsenal. Check out more photos from the event on our Flickr Album!
I don't think artists can avoid being political. Artists are the proverbial
canaries in the coalmine. When we stop singing, it's a sure sign of repressive times ahead.
-Theresa Bayer, Professional Artist
Today we say all art is political. But I'd say all art has to do with ethics.
Which after all really comes to the same thing. It's a matter of attitudes.
-Ingmar Bergman, Filmmaker
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