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   [Date]: Wed, 03 Nov 1999 06:30:53 -0800
   [From]: Susan Marquez <smarq@pacbell.net>
     [To]: Cultural Exchange via Internet <forum1@hkw.kbx.de>
[Subject]: Re: [forum1] Re: discussion about sensation

Amy,

Thank you for your thoughts on political art. Conrad Atkinson, Margaret Harrison and Lin Evola are artists doing
very important and very good political art. Please refer to the following URL for a short piece I wrote on Conrad
Atkinson and Margaret Harrison, which was posted on the website at a local San Francisco gallery known as
Refusalon, which is a major site of activity for the most powerful new and mid-career artists working in conceptual
and political art. A truly great gallery space supporting truly great ideas:

http://www.refusalon.com/current.htm

(Please excuse the spelling on Monet's name--typographic error.)

Also, I met Artist Lin Evola before I even saw her work. What intrigued me to look further into her work was a
result of the TIME she spent talking with me. When I went to a local benefit for her current political art project,
I was so inspired by Lin and her work, that I knew that I'd have to do something to help the project reach its
goal. I am now participating (in my own way) with the group of good people who are working incredibly hard
throughout the U.S. (and the world) to see that Lin Evola and her work gets the support and recognition she
deserves. Check out her site and decide for yourself:

http://www.peaceangels.org

Her bronze and steel sculptures are a testament to the power artists and communities can exercise to change the
world in which they live for the better. Her statues are "winged messengers" rather than icons from Judeo-Christian
tradition, because her message is the same for all countries and communities around the globe:  End gun violence,
end war, and find a peaceful means of resolving conflict--now and in the future.

Finally, Mayor Giuliani can have opinions about art. It's everyone's right to exercise critical judgement about the
things they experience, whether it's art, movies, books, political speeches, or even political actions. What is
wrong is that he decided to impose his opinion upon the community instead of encouraging public discourse. Public
discourse and political voice rightly belong to "the people."

Susan Marquez
World Sculpture News
Asian Art News