Home Land Security
This powerful and thought-provoking installation is
presented at Fort Winfield Scott in the Presidio of San
Francisco.
Curated by Cheryl Haines of
FOR-SITE Foundation, the show brings together 18 contemporary artists from all
over the world whose work explores the themes of identity, fear, exclusion,
surveillance, and displacement in our unstable world. The military setting
overlooking the Pacific Ocean and the Golden Gate Bridge adds to the impact of
the art, its messages and questions.
Every single piece of art I saw was visually and conceptually arresting. One frightened me, and another reduced me to tears. But because I love drawing my blog pick for today is: Concourse by Tirtzah Bassel.
Bassel draws directly onto the walls, over pipes and windows, with duct tape. The gestural marks, staccato application, and limited palette conveyed the anxiety and confusion of going through the security area at an airport. It was the most wonderful drawing I’ve ever been in!
