the disasters of war
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A reflection on the forces of violence. Drawings by Gino Ballantyne.TRANSCRIPT
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The Disasters of War
Gino Ballantyne
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Gino Ballantyne“The Disasters of War”
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Foreword
Gino Ballantyne was educated at The Glasgow School of Art where he received a BA(Hons) in Fine Art. He conducted postgraduate studies at the University of the Arts, London where he received an MFA in Painting.
Gino says of his work “It seems to me that art has become akin to studying Latin or Medieval manuscripts, and to paraphrase Margaret Atwood, [has become] “a long winded sentence with a lot of subordinate clauses” “pleasant to contemplate in its way, but no longer central to anything”
Art is central to all I do and my work is about the human condition. The drawings in this catalogue engage with Goya’s concerns about our natural instinct for violence, hate and enjoyment at the misery and abasement of “others”. The drawings are my attempt to have a dialogue with Goya, and these forces, echoing his concerns and in doing so reflect on the folly of the human experience in the past, now, and potentially the future.
How does technology enable this force? and What are the forces that drive the human spirit? are questions which inform the context of my work.
Like a signal wave Technology facilitates this force with its digital medias continually being adapted by the forces of power. The digital machine constantly redefines our perceptions and reorientates our internal philosophies.” The forces of power adapting its message while promoting a message of choice and democracy. Is that message an illusion? a digital signal wave that implies truth and moral authority.
This digital signal wave is The Industrialisation of our Consciousness. Ultimately, the human spirit will be orientated by our choices to be led or to lead. Margaret Atwood would say, “Watch out for the leaders and the led..... First the leaders and the led, then the tyrants and the slaves, then the massacres. That’s how its always gone. “
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Maleavalance
New WarSilently ragesThe Digital maleavalanceSignal-waveRedefiningHuman consciousnessControlled byMachinery of the StateRedefining philosophiesVariant, mongrelFreedom an illusionA “bare life” existenceIdentifiedPowerlessLawfully excludedConcentratedNietzsche’s AbyssA mirror image of deathCancerousRaging silently
Forces
Order, disorder – Chaos, RegimeChoreographed UtopiaImmediately. I dreamt,
Searing intense visions.They flew.
A figure stood in the doorway,Pointing, silently screaming.Acrid smoke burned the air.
Outside was quiet.A richochet. Blasted. The window
Came into view. Shadows ran across.
Demons smouldered, laughed A cacophony of twisted screams,
Whispered to the air.Nobody heard. Nobody cared.
Electricity flared, hissThe rhyme.
Blindfold and water forcesBridge the defences.
Suffocating and drowning all.
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The PileIndian Ink on rough watercolour paper
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SeizeIndian Ink on rough watercolour paper
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ForcesIndian Ink on rough watercolour paper
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RescueIndian Ink on rough watercolour paper
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HoldIndian Ink on rough watercolour paper
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CrushIndian Ink on rough watercolour paper
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IgnoredIndian Ink on rough watercolour paper
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Hooded PileIndian Ink on rough watercolour paper
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AloneIndian Ink on rough watercolour paper
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What’s ThatIndian Ink on rough watercolour paper
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FollyIndian Ink on rough watercolour paper
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The CrossIndian Ink on rough watercolour paper
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ChaosIndian Ink on rough watercolour paper
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The PoseIndian Ink on rough watercolour paper
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AnotherIndian Ink on rough watercolour paper
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X Marks the SpotIndian Ink on rough watercolour paper
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The RunIndian Ink on rough watercolour paper
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Why?Indian Ink on rough watercolour paper
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DadIndian Ink on rough watercolour paper
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SonIndian Ink on rough watercolour paper
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The OthersIndian Ink on rough watercolour paper
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AgainIndian Ink on rough watercolour paper
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TrinityIndian Ink on rough watercolour paper
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SeatIndian Ink on rough watercolour paper
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PropsIndian Ink on rough watercolour paper
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hoodIndian Ink on rough watercolour paper
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RockIndian Ink on rough watercolour paper
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And AgainIndian Ink on rough watercolour paper
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HiddenIndian Ink on rough watercolour paper
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The HungIndian Ink on rough watercolour paper
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Look at HimIndian Ink on rough watercolour paper
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EmbraceIndian Ink on rough watercolour paper
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LeftIndian Ink on rough watercolour paper
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Another HoldIndian Ink on rough watercolour paper
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Not AgainIndian Ink on rough watercolour paper
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When Will it Stop?Indian Ink on rough watercolour paper
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Who CaresIndian Ink on rough watercolour paper
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IsolatedIndian Ink on rough watercolour paper
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Help UsIndian Ink on rough watercolour paper
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TiedIndian Ink on rough watercolour paper
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ParadeIndian Ink on rough watercolour paper
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DaughterIndian Ink on rough watercolour paper
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HeelIndian Ink on rough watercolour paper
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Another Pile Indian Ink on rough watercolour paper
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MotherIndian Ink on rough watercolour paper
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FadedIndian Ink on rough watercolour paper
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HangingIndian Ink on rough watercolour paper
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This catalogue was produced with the support of Deschamps Fine Art Publishers
for
UCMK GalleriesMilton Keynes
2012
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