9/11 The Cycle of Terror and Tragedy

The Cycle of Terror and Tragedy: September 11, 2001, an 8 x 18-foot oil painting on canvas by Graydon Parrish of Amherst, Mass

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Film & Animation

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• 911
• twin
• towers
• tragedy
• painting

[loafpork]

Most contemporary art is trash, made by people who have no skill, not patience, and no talent at all. The excuse,,, "It's conceptual.". There is still a place for tradition, and it doesn't mean that it's "socialist", you sound like the typical pseudo-intellectual "artist", bet you're still in school, most are at their peak of pretention during this phase. You'll get over it eventually, then you'll realize you have no business making art, and give up. You're rubbish, you dumb shit.

[drew2001]

i saw it in the new britain art gallery and ended up doing a project on it...its breathtaking

[FineHawaiianArt]

it is the job of the artist to study and to observe and only to paint that which he knows, this painting is a reflection of a very skilled painter who is not an artist because he paints that which he does not know, 9/11 was the symptom of a much larger hijacking of our government from within, it was an inside job, anyone foolish enough not to investigate the claims of the administration and follow the evidence to whatever end doesn't have any business telling others what to think.

[minameise]

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[charlyzzito]

i artista peruano :D is beautifull the picture painting in cute :d i love the drawf

[NashvilleClay]

Finally, some real painting going on. I agree about the conceptual art excuse. Narcissistic artists are lazy and lack commitment to their craft. This type of art offers something beyond the artist and has an altruistic purpose. It isn't selfish. This painting is fantastic. Kudos to Mr. Parrish.

[MmmLexy]

I will ignore all of the debating, but i must comment on this beautiful, emotion and just all around amazing painting I love it! I can see the pain and tragedy brought upon these people, the emotion in this is what i strive to create in my own art. There is enough detail to keep my interest even longer past the emotion of their bodies. My favorite part: man that's fallen looking at the girl who's red blind fold is falling off & in the background the statue of Liberty burning past the haze.

[WashICH1]

@yocanbanconit planes twins death and helplessness.... sounds like the morning of 911 to me... if you couldnt get this without the title, then youre just dumb. sorry, but its obvious. did it ever occur to anyone here that maybe the allegory didnt go too far, rather, you looked too far into it? its actually pretty straight forward.

[WashICH1]

@Jcsharitz towers look like white guys to me... and there is no "muslim race" as to the children with the planes, didnt jesus say "father forgive them, for they know not what they do"? either way i dont really care to argue religion or politics, but simply put, in the aftermath of 9/11 a lot more innocent people died in the middle east at the hands of american millitary and mercenary groups than in the wtc attacks.

[KPattonArt123]

@nicklekakis ah, aestheticising a tragic event is bad... I see... so you must think Gericault's "Raft of the Medusa," Picasso's "Guernica," and most of Goya's works are bad art then?

Speakin of how the media twists our opinions-- your comments of "stylized orgy of well-toned figures" and "over the top" are reflective of post-modern art criticism. It's ok when Picasso and Gericault do it, because critics have branded their names-- but let's not let anyone else do this type of work!

[yokelzcat]

Hey people, people...who mock this other man's creation..if this doesnt satisfy your taste, or say this fell short to your intellectual analysis, remember what ART is..!!! or do you know what ART is?

[LiliFromHali]

@Jcsharitz To be honest, I thought the Arabic victim was the innocent civilians that were killed because of the war in the Middle East. Yes, the children could be representative of innocence, but they could also represent the unwise and those who lack understanding. There is also another victim, to the right, who is clearly a white man, so it's not saying that the only ones who suffered were the Muslims.

And "Muslim" is not a race. It's a religion. There are Muslim people from every race.