{"id":549,"date":"2018-03-13T20:48:01","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T20:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stanwoodard.net\/studio\/?page_id=549"},"modified":"2018-03-18T22:20:54","modified_gmt":"2018-03-18T22:20:54","slug":"the-hand-to-hand-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.stanwoodard.net\/studio\/the-hand-to-hand-project\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hand to Hand Project"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Since March 2003, when the war in Iraq began, I started a series of paintings in response to the war. I chose as my material simple cotton gloves and painted a news story each day about the war directly on to them. Each glove is a “rosary bead” in a daily witnessing. In 2006, I expanded the project to include over 100 artists as a continuing community dialog.”
\n   – The Hand to Hand Project, 2003-10, Cecilia Kane website<\/a> <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\n

For my Hand to Hand<\/em> pieces (August 4 – 8, 2008) I chose to use my
\nown hand as the form for gloves made from water bottle labels. In my contention
\nthat water is the basis for more warfare than any other dispute, the material
\nseemed apropos.<\/p>\n

The formal script connotes the personal formality of an invitation to a wedding
\nor similar celebration. Printed on weathered parchment and grasped in the
\nhand-forms there is an urgency to each dispatch.<\/p>\n

The contrasting elements remind me of the clash of ideals at play in the current
\nwars.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"The
\nRagtag Taliban Show Tenacity in Afghanistan, NY Times August 4, 2008<\/p>\n

\"The
\nBook Claims White House Forged War Intel, CBS News August 5, 2008<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

\"The
\nIraq Parliament Fails to Approve an Election Law, NY Times August 7, 2008<\/p>\n

\"Kudzu
\nPanel Sentences Bin Laden Driver to a Short Term, NY Times August 8, 2008<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Since March 2003, when the war in Iraq began, I started a series of paintings in response to the war. I chose as my material simple cotton gloves and painted a news story each day about the war directly on to them. Each glove is a “rosary bead” in a daily witnessing. In 2006, I … <\/p>\n

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