Drone Strike In North Waziristan
A political painting by Stone Riley, shown on this website with lots of related material to
provoke and inform your thoughts, with all of Riley's original material free for download.
provoke and inform your thoughts, with all of Riley's original material free for download.
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The painting:
December 2012 © Stone Riley, cheap acrylic paint on artist canvas, 48 x 24 inches = 4 x 2 feet = 122 x 61 cm. |
Stone Riley's main website: www.stoneriley.com |
| A small poster | Includes the painting plus a poetic quotation from the artist's statement. Good for sending by e-mail or displaying on a wall. |
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PDF file One page on letter size paper. Easy to save on your computer, print or e-mail. |
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Storytelling at ArtRage |
In autumn 2014 this painting was in a show at ArtRage Gallery. Here is a storytelling script the artist performed at the opening. It tells how he found the beauty of peace and freedom and chose it as his artistic ideal. ArtRage Gallery, in Syracuse NY USA, is committed to politics and is likely to become a significant voice in the U.S. art world. |
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PDF file Six pages on letter size paper. Easy to save on your computer, print or e-mail. |
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Shown at a major anti-war convention |
In November 2013 this painting was shown at a major anti-war convention by invitation of Code Pink. Here's my report. A related further art project is also discussed. Discussion of this painting starts on page 3. |
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PDF file Nine pages on letter size paper. Easy to save on your computer, print or e-mail. |
| Artist's Statement | A detailed telling of the artist's experience of the painting, its moral and political meaning and his stylistic debt to other artists. |
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Web page Lots of links to related material. Opens a new window in this browser. |
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PDF file Two pages on letter size paper. Easy to save on your computer, print or e-mail. |
| Artist's Resume | The artist shows how his recent pro-democracy political work led up to this painting, then shows how his past years of art work led up to it too. |
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Web Page Lots of links to related material. Opens a new window in this browser. |
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PDF File Two pages on letter size paper. Easy to save on your computer, print or e-mail. |
| About Picasso's Style |
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Picasso's "Petites Fleurs" About a famous little poster. |
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Essay On Style In Guernica About a famous great mural. |