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Francisco de Goya: Los Desastres de la Guerra
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- Francisco de Goya, Great Deeds! With Dead Men!, Courtesy Peter Blum Gallery
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."
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EVENT DETAILS Print
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- Free
- When
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May 15, 2008 – Aug 1, 2008
Tuesdays–Fridays (10am–6pm)
Saturdays (11am–6pm)
- Where
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Peter Blum Gallery Soho
99 Wooster St
212.343.0441
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