WOMAN IN BLACK Painting By Ron Ogle
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Artist:
Ron Ogle
Title:
WOMAN IN BLACK
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Year:
2008
Medium:
Size - (USA):
8 W x 10 H x 1 D (inches)
Size - (metric):
20.3 W x 25.4 H x 2.5 D (centimeters)
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Edition:
Original
Artwork ID:
293073
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Artwork Description:
Women in Black is a world-wide network of women committed to peace with justice and actively opposed to injustice, war, militarism and other forms of violence. As women experiencing these things in different ways in different regions of the world, we support each others movements. An important focus is challenging the militarist policies of our own governments. We are not an organisation, but a means of communicating and a formula for action. WiB VIGILS: Any group of women anywhere in the world at any time may organize a Women in Black vigil against any manifestation of violence, militarism or war. Women in Black (WiB) actions are generally women only. Our actions often take the form of women wearing black, standing in a public place in silent, non-violent vigils at regular times and intervals, carrying placards and handing out leaflets. OTHER NON-VIOLENT ACTIONS: We use non-violent and non-aggressive forms of action. In addition to vigils Women in Black groups use many other forms of non-violent direct action such as sitting down to block a road, entering military bases and other forbidden zones, refusing to comply with orders, and bearing witness. Wearing black in some cultures signifies mourning, and feminist actions dressed in black convert womens traditional passive mourning for the dead in war into a powerful refusal of the logic of war. [ from Women In Black web site ]
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