Anti-War Medals: -- at Velvet da Vinci Gallery in San Francisco

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"Eulogy" Bruce Raper Anti-War Medal

"...decline & fall... Anti-War Medal
Artist: Thomas Hill

Anti-War Medal
Artist: Judy McCaig

"The Glory of Evil" Inger Anne Nyaas Anti-War Medal

Ana Marэa Ramirez Anti-War Medal

Linda Kaye-Moses Anti-War Medal Case

Hilary Fink Anti-War Medal
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Anti-War Medals:
November 1 - November 20, 2005

Artists Respond to the War 2003-2005
Anti-War Medals was first shown in San Francisco in November 2003 as a response to the War in Iraq. The exhibition then toured during 2004 and 2005, adding new pieces in each country where the show appeared.

This expanded exhibition with 200 artists from 16 countries now returns to Velvet da Vinci as a response to the ongoing war and occupation in Iraq.

Following is the original statement from November 2003:

ANTI-WAR MEDALS: ARTISTS RESPOND TO THE WAR

The War in Iraq has ended (or has it?) and are we any safer? The costly occupation of Iraq has yet to bring democracy to its people or security to the U.S. The War has fueled hatred of the US around the world and weakened alliances built up over decades. Artists have a long history of reflecting on the events surrounding them. We feel that this is one of those times.

135 artists from 16 countries have created medals that reflect the terrible waste of this war. Medals commemorate heroes and battles but also Grief, Destruction, Terror, Greed, Hypocrisy, Arrogance and Loss. This war is remembered by artists from around the world with small but powerful objects that remind us the risks of unchecked power.

EXHIBITION VENUES:

Velvet da Vinci Gallery San Francisco, California, November 1-30, 2003

Electrum Gallery London, England, May 7-29, 2004

Festspillene i Nord-Norge Harstad, Norway, June 19 - 26, 2004

Nordnorsk Kunstnersentrum Svolvцr, Norway, July 2 - 25, 2004

The Troms° Kunstforening Troms°, Norway, August 2 - 22, 2004.

FAD Barcelona, Spain, December 16, 2004 - January 10, 2005 (With the help of Alea Gallery in Barcelona.)

The Barents Spectacle Kirkenes, Norway, January 31 to February 6, 2005

Velvet da Vinci Gallery San Francisco, California, November 1-20, 2005

At the opening reception at Electrum Gallery, curators from the British Museum purchased

Mary Frisbee Johnson's (USA) "America in its Big White HatФ

William Clark's (USA) "Operation Enduring Fiefdom"

for their permanent collection.

Curators from the Imperial War Museum in London also purchased the following medals for their permanent collection:

Pierre Cavalan (Australia) untitled
Autumn Dawn Griffiths (USA) untitled
Jennifer Townsend (USA), УWar ProliferatesФ
Polly Wales (UK), УThe Wrong Hearts Bleed for WarФ
Laura Zell (USA), УPeace, like a doveЕФ

These five pieces went on display at the Imperial War Museum in June in an exhibition entitled "Open Secret" defined as УSomething old, something new Ц redefining the boundaries of the Art Collection.Ф

Participating artists:
Carmen Amador Х Ester Albertэ Х Alison Antelman Х Hratch Babikian Х Boris Bally Х Brad Bartlett Х Rosa Batalla Х Brooke Battles Х Anna Batlle-Amat Х Jesse Bert Х Heidi BigKnife Х Nancy Blair Х Rebecca Blankley Х Richard Blue Х Heather Blume Х Susan Brooks Х Douglas Bucci Х Emily Bullock Х Manel Capdevila Х Kepa Carmona Х Helen Carnac Х Tina Cartledge Х Bridget Catchpole Х Pierre Cavalan Х Ellen Cheek Х Norman Cherry Х Ingrid Cimmerbeck Х William Clark Х Tracey Clement Х Lori Colina-Lee Х Emily Collins Х Liavali Coquet Х Deborah Corsini Х Jennifer Cross-Gans Х Paula Cunningham Х Scott & Lisa Cylinder Х Putte Helene Dal Х Ann Davis Х Sylvia deMurias Х Kristin Diener Х Jan Donaldson Х Gemma Draper Х Drophius Х Diana Dudek Х Robert Ebendorf Х Liisa Eckersberg Х Kari Elfstdt Х Carmen Esteba Х Ana and Lidia Estany Х Catalina Estrada Х Nicolсs Estrada Х Marie Fangel Х Lisa Fidler Х Hilary Finck Х Glenna Fleiner Х Toni Fuentes Х Christian Garcэa Х Miquel Garcэa Х Autumn Dawn Griffiths Х Lynn Guenther Х Monica Guevara Х Joan Hammond Х Erica Harper Х Amy Haskins Х Anne Heinz Х Britt Hennie Halvorsen Х Tom Hill Х Leonor Hipolito Х Mike Holmes Х Joyce Hulbert Х Alison Hunt Х Xavier Ines Monclus Х Elaine Jek Х Mary Frisbee Johnson Х Masumi Kataoka Х Linda Kaye-Moses Х Bailey Kivett Х Guigui Kohon Х Olga Kosica Х Francisca Kweitel Х Florian Ladstatter Х Inger larsen Х Ingrid Larssen Х Timothy Lazure Х Marie Lechat Х Ragnhild Lie Х Kim Eric Lilot Х Yu-Chi Liu Х Felix Llorente Zuazu Х Shanna LoPresti Х Theresa Lovering-Brown Х Susanne Lowell Х Deborah Lozier Х Lene Lunde/Nina Skarra Х Marcia Macdonald Х Roc Majoral Ballester Х Kelly Mann Х Rita Marcangelo Х Samuel Martinez Saavedra Х Ashi Marwaha Х Susanne Matschщ Х Wilhelm Tasso Mattar Х Agata Max Х Catherine Maymє Х Jo McAllister Х Judy McCaig Х Karen McCreary Х Lali Mensa Х Ulf Meyn Х Anne Michie Х Mike & Maaike Х Christina Miller Х Michelle Milner Х Hiroko Miyamoto Х Charlene Modena Х Taweesak Molsawat Х Dick Monshouwer Х Valeria Morato Х Lucia Moure Х Dawn Nakanishi Х Suzanne Nayduch Х Patty Nelson Х Katie Nichols Х Kathrin Nitschke Х Inger Anne Nyaas Х Rita de Oliveira Ruivo Х Olle Olls Х Anna Onofrio Х Susanne Osborn Х Kathryn Osgood Х Solveig Ovanger Х Rebecca Overmann Х Hiroko Ozeki Х Olvia Papiliou Х Ron Pascho Х Montserrat Pascual Salat Х Catherine Patyk Х Leslie Perrino Х Jane Petrie Х Hilary Pfeifer Х Carmen Pintor Х Patricia Plс Х Ingrid Psuty Х Ramon Puig Cuyas Х Ana Marэa Ramэrez Х Bruce Raper Х Todd Reed Х Susan Remnant Х Camille Rendal Х Abril Ribera Valiente Х Doug Ridgway Х Christopher Rizzo Х Diana Maria Rossi Х Gerhard Rothmann Х Annabelle Royo Х Carol Salazar Х Blanca Sсnchez Х Haldis Scheicher Х Diane Serakos Х Carla Shanks Х Kristin Mitsu Shiga Х Alison Shiboski Х Jan Smith Х Catherine Stafford Х Anita Schmid Х Silja Skoglund Х Sondi's Studio Х Ralf Stautner Х Sarah Suloff Х Lulu Sylvest Х Markus Teipel Х Sherry Terao Х Eva Tesarik Х Vernon Theiss Х Jessica Thomas & Stuart Conran Х Pamela Thomford Х Timothy Х Lydia Tjioe Х Miyuki Tokunaga Х Natрlia Tornщ Х Luis Torres Х Jen Townsend Х Sarah Troper Х Olga Turu Joies Х Pilar Val Х Clara Vichi Х Jeremy Waak Х Polly Wales Х Maciek Walentowicz Х Silvia Walz Х Heike Wanner Х Jane Wells-Harrison Х Jennifer White Х Donovan Widmer Х C. Greg Wilbur Х Jenny Williams Х Jennifer Wolfe Х Natasha Wozniak Х Sally Wright Х Yuko Yagisawa Х Sayumi Yokouchi Х Noыl Yovovich Х Diana Zeiler Х Laura Zell

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