my painting "Charles in Charge" is part of this gallery exhibit at ODU in Virginia until Feb 20th.
Exhibition January 30, 2011
"War: Armed Conflict and Its Legacy in Contemporary Self-Taught Art," ODU (2011)
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Group Show — "War: Armed Conflict and Its Legacy in Contemporary Self-Taught Art," Baron and Ellin Gordon Art Galleries, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA (2011) — some 50 works, including his "Charles in Charge (Saddam)"
In their words
Matt Sesow's "Charles in Charge (Saddam)"
Matt at the time · his Facebook posts
Saved web pages and links
- Daily Press, Jan. 30, 2011 — “War, through eyes of self-taught artists” · NewsBank record (library login needed)
Research notes
- Daily Press (Mark St. John Erickson, Jan. 30, 2011): curated by Ramona Austin, more than 50 works from nine collections at ODU’s Baron and Ellin Gordon Art Galleries, 4509 Monarch Way, Norfolk, through Feb. 20, 2011. Sesow’s “Charles in Charge (Saddam)” was pictured. Found through the DC Public Library’s Access World News.
Where this record comes from
- Daily Press, 2011-01-30, p. G1 — John Erickson, "War, through eyes of self-taught artists ('Charles in Charge')" (found by Grok Bot via NewsBank AWN (DCPL); private archive copy S097)
- Matt Sesow’s Facebook posts (artist’s own export), matched to this entry by name and date
Cite as: Sesow, Matt. “"War: Armed Conflict and Its Legacy in Contemporary Self-Taught Art," ODU (2011).” Matt Sesow Career Chronicle, 2011. history.sesow.com/e/2011-war-armed-conflict-self-taught-odu.html. Accessed [date].
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Also in 2011
Exhibition (15)
- “A Brut Rebellion,” FOE Gallery, 28 Pleasant Street, Northampton, MA
- “Made in USA” — solo exhibition, Galerie Saint-Pierre, Limoges, France
- JP Art Market Gallery, Boston, MA
- Flash Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
- “A Shout Out from My City 2”
- “MUSE,” curated by Marjorie Jaspar and Maurizio Cattelan, M55 Gallery
- Slovenian Embassy, Washington, DC
- “Political Potpourri” — MOCA DC, Georgetown, Washington, DC
- Waverly Street Gallery and Cre8space, Washington, DC
- Paintings in “Uncommon Power” exhibit
- “Self-Taught Artists from the Garbisch and Gordon Collections”
- “Dystopia,” The Dunes, Columbia Heights, Washington, DC
- “Restore Japan” benefit exhibition, Washington, DC
- Transformer Gallery 8th Annual Silent Auction & Benefit
- “Art Deck-O: DC Playing Card Originals,” Touchstone Gallery
Press (5)
- French press reviews of “Made in USA,” Galerie Saint-Pierre, Limoges (March–April 2011)
- The Valley Advocate — article on “A Brut Rebellion” at FOE Gallery
- Haïti Liberté — "God is an American" (2011)
- Book — 100 Artists of Washington, D.C. by F. Lennox Campello
- Book — Hugo Izarra, “Gominolas para los patos” (Candy for the Ducks), illustrated by Matt Sesow (Béjar: SBQ, 2011)