[ Right: "Not Our Children, Not Their Children."
Mark Vallen. Graphite on paper. 2003. ]

"Not Our Children, Not Their Children" was part of the "War & Empire" exhibit at San Francisco's Meridian Gallery, which ran from Sept. 4th through Nov. 4th, 2008.

The exhibition included artworks by over 40 artists, including; Fernando Botero, Sandow Birk, Guy Colwell, Patrick Oliphant, and Gee Vaucher.

View the Meridian Gallery Website
View the War & Empire Video
Read Vallen's review of the exhibit

[ Left: Portrait of Poet, Megan O'Reilly.
Mark Vallen. Oil on wood. ]

Mark Vallen's "Art For A Change" Weblog
Dedicated to art theory, commentary
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www.art-for-a-change.com/blog

New Blog Posts - Bombs Not Bread - A classic antiwar print created by Vallen in 1983. Art and the Global Economic Meltdown - "how will artists be able to sell their works - an already difficult process - under the extremely tough conditions imposed by an economic catastrophe?" The Enduring Works of Goya - "It was Goya's remarkable works that helped convinced me to trod the path of social commentary in art - and I haven't looked back since." Obama's Arts & Culture Policy - "While the platform planks appear to be important first steps in resuscitating the Arts in America, they should not simply be accepted without critical analysis." The City of Light Despoiled - "The marvelous renaissance buildings of Venice being draped with inane commercial advertisements is an outrage and a cause for real alarm."