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...Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) in Boston is showing a fascinating and disturbing new photography exhibit--one whose poignancy and controversy is infinitely enhanced by the recent terrorist attacks in New York and Washington. The exhibit constitutes a representative selection of the works of Paris-based photographer Sophie Ristelhueber. The photographs, in turn, exhibit striking images of the destruction and scarring caused by various wars of recent history, including the Gulf War, the conflict in Kosovo, and the civil war in Lebanon...
...course, these images of destruction and horror are particular striking in light of the events of September 11th. In fact, the MFA notes as much in a pop-up message on their webpage. The message in the box reads, "Art can play a significant role in our lives even...
Unfortunately, it seems that this message from the MFA is on a certain level correct for the wrong reasons. What the MFA seems to be saying is that people may find Ristelhueber's work particularly disturbing because the images of carnage and war that she chronicles...
After spending a year in China teaching English at a coal mining institute, Jen enrolled in the University of Iowa Writer’s Workshop, where she earned an MFA...
...into Boston more” just as they have been meaning to do since their arrival at Harvard. Sadly, if the past is any indication, these resolutions mostly won’t hold up. The T does cost $1, after all. Somehow, the good-for-you art at the MFA and overpriced boutiques on Newbury Street aren’t always sufficiently enticing draws. But perhaps Harvard folk are simply not looking in the right places. Some of Boston’s most exciting attractions aren’t on the beaten path. But they are on this tour...