A different Vietnam
Bradley, Douglas
ART A different Vietnam Douglas Bradley For visitors to the Landmark Center in St. Paul, Minnesota, a recent art exhibit offered a rare opportunity to confront "The Vietnam Experience" as it is...
...Perhaps most striking were the contrasting perceptions of the war as viewed by American and Vietnamese artists: The war was almost totally absent in the works of the Vietnamese artists and the central focus of the pieces by Vietnam veterans...
...Paul community, but most of the funding came from the participating artists themselves...
...Paul, Minnesota, a recent art exhibit offered a rare opportunity to confront "The Vietnam Experience" as it is not usually presented...
...J.' by Richard Strandberg, who organized the exhibit 'Portrait of Mai' by Roger Brodin...
...Unlike the recent spate of films, novels, and plays concerning Vietnam, this first major Vietnam art show, by both Vietnamese and American artists, depicted people from both countries as people, not victims...
...The exhibit of 146 paintings, drawings, sculptures, and photographs by twenty-three artists was partly underwritten by contributions from the Minneapolis/St...
...Persons interested in helping Strandberg get the show on the road can reach him at 3850 Russell Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55412...
...Richard Strandberg, the artist who organized it, hopes to put a similar exhibit on tour, if he can find funds...
...Douglas Bradley, a Vietnam veteran, is a free-lance writer in Madison, Wisconsin...
...He was turned down by eighteen foundations in his initial efforts to gain backing for the show, and it has only been a result of the positive public (and media) reaction that some foundations now appear willing to sit down and discuss funding an eventual tour of the exhibit...
Vol. 45 • February 1981 • No. 2
