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Fred George
Country: United States of AmericaDate of birth: 1952
Tags: RAW, contemporary art, installation, mixed media, modern art, politically incorrect, politics, religion, sculptor, sculpture, visual artist, Germany, U.S.A.
About Fred George
The photographer, political artist, sculptor and musician, who also writes and produces films and videos, is seen as one of the few artists of our time, with his radically committed work, that is creating messages of global, political and humanitarian implications. These ideas are resonated in an ever-evolving body of emotionally charged art. Living in New York and Germany, the artist sees himself as a “war photographer and sculptor” on the global battlefields of our time.Scenes of the wars of religion, consumption, economic crises, and the struggle for the resources of oil and water are this artist’s pallets.
"Jesus as a Suicide Bomber"
Well before the destruction of the towers of the World Trade Center, he created one his monumental photo works: “Jesus as a Suicide Bomber”. Tiled photo mosaic images of Jesus, with a looped bomb belt on his torso, stretched out on the cross with Maria Magdalena, a child and a Lady in Waiting at his side. George stylized the sacrifice of Jesus on the Cross as a suicide program, putting the operations of young American soldiers on their unspecified mission in foreign countries on the same level as Muslim suicidal terrorist attacks. This shocking comparison produced media outcries and even illusionary media riots at his exhibition in Houston and Berlin, Germany in 2006.
"Ash Wednesday / 911"
On September 12, 2001, George, while hidden under one of the fire trucks in front of the ruins of the World Trade Center, took one of the most important photographs of the 911 event. Shortly after, NYC police, charged with “Entering a crime scene without proper papers”, and took his camera equipment and led him away in handcuffs US press pass revoked permanently. His 911 images are frequently shown in worldwide exhibitions of this epoch-making event.
“Solar Peace Sculpture “
George then took up Gerald Holtem’s Nuclear disarmament emblem of 1958, which has become the world’s peace and disarmament sign, to create The Solar Peace Sculpture. At 15 meters, it is made of 80 oil barrels and 80 solar panels and constructed of steel in the form of the Peace Symbol. It has an interactive media center, where videos of peace and sustainability projects will be shown. He has conceived, along the lines of Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth", yet another powerful signal for peace and the environment. Given the monumental proportions of the sculpture, it has thus far only been actualized as a 2.6-meter functioning model, but funding campaigns are under way to realize full size sculptures in Europe and the US.
"Vulcan Girls"
His provocative “Vulcan Girls” series shows “off-planet women” in erotic poses against a trash background at a New York recycling center – satirically overstaged, over-colored, and oversized photographs of half-naked models in an exaggerated fashion extravaganza. They thematize the harsh struggle for survival of women immigrants from the Eastern Europe, who, without legal papers, become easy targets for their exploiters, as the title of the exhibition at Alp Galleries “Caught in the Crossfire" suggests.
Exhibitions (summary)
2012 : St. Art Gallery, RAW ART FAIR, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2011 : Plastic Ocean, public sculpture, Saarbrucken, Germany
2011 : 911 "Ash Wednesday", St. Katharinen Church, Frankfurt, Germany
2011 : Solar Peace Sculpture, University of Saarland, Saarbrucken, Germany
2010 : ALP Galleries, Art.Fair, Cologne, Germany
2010 : Rathaus Saarbrucken, Look up Saarbrucken, Saarbrucken, Germany
2010 : ALP Gall eries, Caught in the Cross Fire, solo exhibition, Frankfurt, Germany
2010 : ALP Galleries, Tribute to Jeane Claude & Christo, Frankfurt, Germany
2008 : Museum of Natural History, Ash Wednesday, New York, U.S.A.
2008 : ALP Galleries, The Solar Peace Sculpture, New York, U.S.A.
2006 - 2007 : Stiftung Starke, Vulcan Girls - Jesus as a suicide bomber - The AK47 Cross, solo exhibition, Berlin, Germany
2005 : Fache Art Gallery, Art Basel Miami, Miami, U.S.A.
2002 : Saatchi Gallery, Benefit for New York Firefighters 9/11 Disaster Relief Fund, London, U.K.
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The AK47 Cross
(2006)
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