When walking in to the the exhibit the first thing is see in Suzanne Opton Soldier series "Soldier: Dougherty- 302 Days in Afghanistan" I keep looking around to find a few more each have how many days they have been deployed. Beside one female soldier you says that they will be able to give the amount. Each of these portraits of the soldiers tells alot more then just the amount of time they been away form their homes. They each give us this longing and need for rest and comfort. I see depression and lost in each of their eyes. There is no hope to be found in there faces. She does a wonderful job in making the ground and the background part of the piece. The different kinds floor surfaces give each picture it's on story. Known of the surfaces that these soldiers are laying on are things the would be comfortable and things they find back at home.
The another artist that had work in the same exhibit. Ben Lowy works cuaght my eyes. When looking around at each work. He is documenting the war as well making art work. They can be seen not only as this gorgeous piece of art work but as so kind of photo in are history books that talks about the after math of war. The one the stood out to me the most was " Two Libyan Women Walk through a park on the outskirts of martyrs' square, seen through bullet-shattered window in a Gadafi government domestic spy office" First off you are looking through this window hole that was caused by aftermath of war and violence. Another way at looking at it is in the bullet hole you see this building and plants it looks normal. Like you see any where you look down town ( just looking at that hole I see UF building) a peaceful sense then when you move outside of the hole you see the broken glass. You through the broken glasss you see a pretty roughed up street. You see a dirty street and two women walking together (they can't walk alone because it's improper and unsafe). Looking through that whole I could believe that is just around the cinder but when looking outside of that whole I see that isn't something I would find in my daily life.
