{"id":445,"date":"2013-03-05T13:52:31","date_gmt":"2013-03-05T21:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/?p=445"},"modified":"2013-03-05T13:52:31","modified_gmt":"2013-03-05T21:52:31","slug":"ben-shahn-a-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mariko-irie.com\/?p=445","title":{"rendered":"Ben Shahn & a Woman"},"content":{"rendered":"
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558. Ben Shahn & a Woman Watercolor Painting by Mariko Irie<\/p><\/div>\n

This scene is in San Diego Art Museum in Balboa Park.<\/p>\n

They do excellent shows and have great collections.<\/p>\n

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I love Ben Shahn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ink drawing since when I was an Art University student.<\/p>\n

And I had never seen his original paintings till I saw this painting at the museum. What I had seen were cover of books or posters. I was so fascinated his lines and interesting images.<\/p>\n

\"Ben<\/a><\/p>\n

After I painted this painting \u00e2\u20ac\u0153 Ben Shahn & a Woman\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, I wanted to know about him. So I searched in Internet.<\/p>\n

I found that he was very involved politics as a human being.<\/p>\n

This YouTube is a good one to watch getting know him.<\/p>\n

Art as Activism: The Compelling Paintings of Ben Shahn<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=L24lrWVNVRo<\/a><\/p>\n

He also did a series, called\u00c2\u00a0Lucky Dragon<\/b>, about the\u00c2\u00a0Daigo Fukury\u00c5\u00ab Maru<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(literally,\u00c2\u00a0Lucky Dragon No. 5<\/i>), the Japanese fishing boat caught in the\u00c2\u00a0Bikini Atoll<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0hydrogen bomb<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0blast.<\/p>\n

As of 2012, an important part of this series is in the collections of\u00c2\u00a0Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art<\/a><\/p>\n

But after the Tsunami \/ Nuclear Power Plants accidents in 2011, they decided not show the painting, because the painting is too grotesque.<\/p>\n

And American Museums refused to send Ben Shahn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s paintings to this museum\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Exhibition, because they are afraid paintings might get damage from polluted air from the Nuclear Power Plants\u00c2\u00a0accident.<\/p>\n

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After I looked at his works I realized that I have never seen his paintings before besides the one I painted.<\/p>\n

I love this painting “Ben shahn & a Woman”. The way came out is just right. The lady who is looking at the painting is just right there, don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t you think?<\/p>\n

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