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Art
Francisco de Goya

When

May 15, 2008 – Aug 1, 2008

Tuesdays–Fridays (10am–6pm)

Saturdays (11am–6pm)

Where
Peter Blum Gallery Soho (99 Wooster St, 212.343.0441)
Price
FREE
Details
http://www.peterblumgallery.com/soho.html
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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."