Citizen Soldier Citizen - Lubeznik Center for the Arts

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Nov. 2, 2013 z Feb. 9, 2014
Guest Curator: Tara Leigh Tappert, PhD
Exhibition Catalog
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Photos by Nicole Risinger
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Introduction
The genesis of Citizen Soldier Citizen was a desire by curator CarolAnn Brown to create an exhibition of
contemporary artwork by veteran-artists who had mainly served in the American military post 9-11-2001. Brown’s
vision took shape when Tara Leigh Tappert was invited to participate as guest curator. Tappert, with able assistance
from veteran-artist Giuseppe Pellicano, brought connections to a nation-wide network of veteran-artists who work in
a variety of media – from painting, drawing, photography, and film, to fiber, clay, and wood. The exhibition includes
two-dimensional wall art, as well as sculpture, installations, and books.
Through the four themes of the exhibition – Record, React, Rehabilitate, and Remember – the artists tackle their
military and combat experiences from multiple perspectives. There is political commentary, scenes of witness,
storytelling about the death of comrades, brave exposure of traumatic events, elegiac views of war torn landscapes,
depictions of the wounds of war, metaphors intended to challenge citizen complacency, and sweet and bittersweet
memories.
Many of the artists in the exhibition served in the military during their late teens and early twenties, and events on war
fronts and at home have left indelible impressions. These artists are now using the arts to share, reinterpret, and
transform military and combat experiences.
We are grateful for their fine efforts.
CarolAnn Brown, LAC Curator
Tara Leigh Tappert, Guest Curator
~We thank our generous sponsors~
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Heaven’s Ascent
Drew Cameron (Army) and Drew Mattot (Civilian)
Pulp Printing on Combat Paper, 30 x 22 inches, (2010), Courtesy of the Combat Paper Project Exhibitions Collection.
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Little Afghan Girl
Skip Rhode (Navy)
Pastel on Toned Paper, 13 x 11 inches, (2012), Courtesy of Skip Rhode
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Record
Amani: My Culture
Little Afghan Girl
Donna Perdue (Marines)
Combat Paper Project
Skip Rohde (Navy)
Pulp painting & pulp
printing on Combat Paper
Pastel on Toned Paper
$500
On Loan
Abdul Hakim
Checkpoint
Skip Rohde (Navy)
Skip Rohde (Navy)
Pastel on Toned Paper
Oil on Linen Panel
$500
$900
Through the Window
Tent City
Skip Rohde (Navy)
Skip Rohde (Navy)
Oil on Linen Panel
Oil on Linen Panel
$900
$900
Baghdad Guardhouse
Double Saddam
Skip Rohde (Navy)
Oil on Canvas
Jesse Albrecht
(Army/National Guard)
Combat Paper Project
$3,000
Pulp painting & pulp
printing on Combat Paper
On Loan
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Record
Aircraft Carrier
Mary Bloom (Navy)
Combat Paper Project
Gum Arabic transfer
to mono-print on
Combat Paper
On Loan
Dr. McNamme Takes Out
Corporal Zach Stinson’s
Heart Monitor Stint
Michael D. Fay (Marines)
Joe Bonham Project
Graphite on Paper
On Loan
Two Holes In, One Hole Out
Michael D. Fay (Marines)
Joe Bonham Project
Graphite on Paper
On Loan
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Right Temple - 9.6 grams
Philip Schladweiler(Army)
Archival Inkjet Print, 24 x 36 inches, (2012), Courtesy The Shrapnel Project
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React
Ninevah
History
Jesse Albrecht
(Army/National Guard)
Jesse Albrecht
(Army/National Guard)
Low fire ceramic sculpture
Low fire ceramic sculpture
NFS
NFS
Grenade Range-1
Grenade Range-2
Thomas Dang (Marines)
Thomas Dang (Marines)
Porcelain
$500
Porcelain
$500
War Pigs
Palaver
Giuseppe Pellicano
(Army)
Ash Kyrie (Army)
Ceramic
Ceramic, plywood
& yarn
NFS
NFS
How To Make
Combat Paper
Chris Arendt (Army/
National Guard)
Combat Paper Project
Relief printing on
Combat Paper
On Loan
You Are Not My Enemy
Drew Cameron (Army) and
Drew Matott (Civilian)
Combat Paper Project
Stencil printed & silk screened
on Combat Paper
On Loan
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React
Lance Corporal Tyler Huffman
Practices Getting In and Out of
His Wheelchair
Richard Johnson
(Canadian Journalist/
War Artist)
The Joe Bonham Project
Prismacolor on paper
On Loan
Untitled/2013
Ehren Tool (Marines)
Stoneware
NFS
Cody
Left Shoulder
Joe Olney (Army)
The Joe Bonham Project
Phillip Schladweiler
(Army)
The Shrapnel Project
Oil on Canvas
NFS
Right Temple
Phillip Schladweiler
(Army)
The Shrapnel Project
Archival Inkjet Print
NFS
Archival Inkjet Print
NFS
Wounds UnseenPTSD
Phillip Schladweiler
(Army)
The Shrapnel Project
Archival Inkjet Print
NFS
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Sergeant Jason Ross, USMC
Victor Juhasz (Civilian)
Watercolor on pape r, 31 x 36 inches, (2011), Courtesy The Joe Bonham Project
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Rehabilitate
War is Dope
Home
Malachi Muncy (Army)
Button Field Press
Malachi Muncy (Army)
Button Field Press
Pulp printing on pigmented
pulp from military uniforms
Ceramic embedded into
pigmented pulp from
military uniforms
NFS
NFS
Intestinal Fortitude
Tea Time
Giuseppe Pellicano (Army)
Giuseppe Pellicano (Army)
Digital Print
Digital Print
NFS
NFS
Untitled I
Ranger’s Creed
Giuseppe Pellicano (Army)
Giuseppe Pellicano (Army)
Digital Print
Digital Print
NFS
NFS
Rise
Self-Portrait of a Savior
Tif Holmes (Army)
Tif Holmes (Army)
Photographic Print
Photographic Print
$190
$190
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Rehabilitate
Prisoner of War
Night Terror
Tif Holmes (Army)
Nathan Lewis (Army)
Combat Paper Project
Photographic Print
$190
Care 4 Me…I’ll Remember You!
Pulp printing on
Combat Paper
On Loan
Specialist Eric Hunter, USA
Dominic C. Fredianelli
(National Guard)
Combat Paper Project
Robert William Bates
(Marines)
The Joe Bonham Project
Pen, pencil and markers on
Combat Paper
Middle portrait – Pen, pencil &
pastel on Combat Paper
On Loan
Sergeant Jason Ross, USMC
On Loan
Staff Sergeant Glen Silva, USMC
Victor C. Juhasz (Civilian)
The Joe Bonham
Project
Victor C. Juhasz (Civilian)
The Joe Bonham
Project
Watercolor on paper
Prismacolor on paper
On Loan
On Loan
AHMED: A Selection of Ahmed
Jabar Shareef’s Photographs
Aaron Hughes
(Army)
Documentary
On Loan
Veterans “On Killing”
Zach Skiles
(Marines)
Documentary
On Loan
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CLAYmore Flask
Thomas Dang (Marines)
Porcelain, 7 x 1 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches, (2012), Courtesy Thomas Dang
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Remember
Cold War June
CLAYmore Flask
Robin Brooks (Navy)
Combat Paper Project
Thomas Dang
(Marines)
Navy Uniform Embedded
in Combat Paper
NFS
Porcelain
Dust Memories
Aaron Hughes
(Army)
19 Diptychs
Mixed media
NFS
$200
Robert Hagar holding the ashes
of SGT Eric Williams
Andrew Nunn (Army)
Photograph
NFS
SGT Eric Williams body arriving home in
California, being greeted by his mother, his
wife, and dozens or friends, family and
supporters at Camp Pendleton
Andrew Nunn (Army)
Andrew Nunn (Army)
Photograph
Photograph
NFS
NFS
The ashes of SGT Eric Williams
set out to sea on a bed of flowers
Andrew Nunn (Army)
Photograph
NFS
Marine Salute
Notes on Seashells
Andrew Nunn (Army)
Photograph
NFS
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Remember
I Hacky Sacked in Iraq
Specialist Derek McConnell, US
Army and Morale Dog
Nathan Lewis (Army)
Combat Paper Project
Victor C. Juhasz (Civilian)
The Joe Bonham
Project
Artist book, cover on
Combat Paper
Watercolor on paper
On Loan
On Loan
Family Support – Pfc. Timothy
Donley, USMC
Reveille
Jeffrey Fisher (Civilian)
The Joe Bonham
Project
Water color and gouache
on paper
On Loan
Patrick Sargent (Air Force)
Pulp printing on
pigmented pulp from
military uniforms
On Loan
The Corps
Candy Man – James T. Lynch, Jr.
Patrick Sargent (Air Force)
Patrick Sargent (Air Force)
Pigmented pulp from
military uniforms
Woodcut print on paper,
Shoe & Werther’s Originals
On Loan
NFS
Heaven’s Ascent
Colors of Trees We Couldn’t Name
Drew Cameron Army) and
Drew Matott (Civilian)
Combat Paper Project
Pulp printing on Combat Paper
On Loan
Nathan Lewis (Army)
Combat Paper Project
Coptic stitch artist book,
cover on Combat Paper
On Loan
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ARTISTS’ STATEMENTS AND BIOGRAPHIES
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VETERAN-ARTIST PROJECTS
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