Peter Blum Gallery Soho
99 Wooster St
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Francisco de Goya, Great Deeds! With Dead Men!, Courtesy Peter Blum Gallery
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May 15, 2008 – Aug 1, 2008
Tuesdays–Fridays (10am–6pm)
Saturdays (11am–6pm)
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Just before producing his modern masterpieces, dubbed the Black Paintings, Goya vented his disgust with the human animal in a series of small etchings titled Los Desastres de la Guerra. Recalling Matthew Brady's Civil War photographs, or perhaps a photo essay from Fallujah, these minuscule pieces depict Spain's bloody fight against the Napoleon-led French invasion. Their size and details invite close inspection, even if the subjects are repellent: in one instance, a woman clutches a baby in one arm while spearing a man with the other. Next to it, as if to head off the fatigue of repetition, an image of a heap of bodies is simply titled Lo Mismo, which means "the same thing."
