US presidential elections ‘worst in the world’ – Russia’s election boss
The Chairman of Russia’s Central Elections Commission defends Russia's political system, arguing that US candidates often win elections against the will of the majority. Read Full Article at RT.com
Walking into an exhibition of work by American artist Valerie Hegarty, you might think there has been a terrible accident. Hegarty’s work is characterized by canvases and antiques that have been burned, ripped, cracked, shot at or otherwise destroyed. however the devastating state
of Hegarty’s work is intentional. Her work is intended to evoke man’s struggle to civilize nature and the consequences which emerge.
“It’s almost as if it were planted in the ground and grew. I’ve been toying with making a landscape painting become a landscape itself. Is that somehow more accurate than simply painting a landscape? In the earlier work, I had taken paintings and sculptures from Art History and broken them down so that they looked as if they’d been through a natural disaster—so that there was even more historical information
dumped on the historical painting.” Says Valerie of her painting “Unearthed”.
Valerie Hegarty is a graduate of the Art Institute of Chicago. She lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
I found Phoenix in the middle of the road; she had been injured by a car. Her cat mom was nowhere to be found. I brought her to work with me, where she stayed all day in my lap. She is now my best friend!
US presidential elections ‘worst in the world’ – Russia’s election boss
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