Posted on 11/04/2016 5:23:19 PM PDT by ifinnegan
In my line of work, we often talk about the art of diplomacy as we try to make people’s lives a little better around the world. But, in fact, art is also a tool of diplomacy. It reaches beyond governments, past the conference rooms and presidential palaces, to help us connect with more people in more places. It is a universal language in our search for common ground, an expression of our shared humanity.
That’s why Art in Embassies is so important. The Museum of Modern Art first envisioned this global visual-arts program in 1953, and President John F. Kennedy formalized it at the U.S. Department of State in 1963. Working with over 20,000 participants globally, including artists, museums, collectors, and galleries, this landmark public-private partnership shares the work of more than 4,000 American and international artists annually in more than 200 U.S. Embassies and Consulates around the world. These can be exhibitions, permanent collections, site-specific commissions, or two-way artist exchanges. Many remarkable artists have been involved with Art in Embassies, and this year we were proud to award the first biennial U.S. Department of State Medal of Arts to Cai Guo-Qiang, Jeff Koons, Shahzia Sikander, Kiki Smith, and Carrie Mae Weems.
Just think about what an exhibition of American and local artists means to someone across the world yearning to express herself or himself. Artists push boundaries and show what the human spirit is capable of, forming bonds of understanding with people they may never know. For over 50 years, Art in Embassies has showcased the best of this talent. I am grateful, as it promotes creativity, ignites collaboration, and builds on American diplomacy.
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Artists whose work has been displayed in U.S. Embassies and Consulates around the world, from left: Cai Guo-Qiang, Kiki Smith, Shahzia Sikander, Marina Abramovic;, Carrie Mae Weems, Nick Cave, Pedro Reyes, Fred Tomaselli, Jeff Koons, Jenny Holzer, Julie Mehretu, Jim Drain, and Seton Smith; photographed on the balcony of the U.S. State Department, in Washington, D.C.
White Democrat Thugs in DC are the bottom of the barrel...
I think people who get involved in stuff like this think it makes them ‘special’ in some way, along with giving them an outlet for immature, puerile urges.
Probably none of them have the discipline for traditional and proven methods of ‘raising consciousness’ or increasing awareness of ‘spirit’. These are very materialistic people, who just want to play games. It also strikes me that those with interest in this kind of junk are probably terribly repressed.
“I think people who get involved in stuff like this think it makes them ‘special’ in some way, along with giving them an outlet for immature, puerile urges.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3490106/posts?page=29#29
In the late 90’s, in connection with work, I visited the official residence of the U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands several times. Clinton-appointee Cynthia Schneider was the ambassador at the time.
In the courtyard of the official residence (in Den Hague, NL), Schneider had some weird statue of a nude young woman whose body was pierced by arrows.
Weirder yet: Like most US ambassadors, she displayed photos of herself with the the President, in her case with Clinton. Most of the photos were taken at official events, such as Schneider’s swearing in, but some were of a much more casual nature and showed the Schneiders hanging out with the Clintons at a private home. A couple of these photos included a young girl about 5 years old, presumably the Schneider’s kid, completely naked, in the presence of Bill and Hillary. In one photo the girl was sitting, naked, on Bill Clinton’s lap.
I don’t think I ascribe anything more nefarious to this beyond some liberal Friends of Bill wanting to signal how liberal they are with their kid, letting her run around naked - and to signal how casual and cozy they are with the Clintons. Still the photos seemed like an odd thing to put out in a reception area for business guests to see.
Thanks for that.
I do think that is very odd and it is troubling.
My main PC crashed after going to wikileaks last night.
The ‘new and improved’ software can’t even show me image addresses.
Is that post you made actually one of Madam Malinda? On her own inititive or in a movie production?
If it was her own initiative, the horns face up — satanism.
lie..... the art is actually welfare
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