I was at the Fire Station on Sept 11, 2001. I was saddened by what had happened. I will never forget my brothers that died that day nor will I forget the people who lost their lives.
"First Response 9/11: A Spontaneous Series of Drawings Created in the Aftermath of September 11" documents the chaos, sense of loss, and sorrow at a defining moment in our history.
Paradise built on the bones of the slaughtered
As a Syrian citizen, Mousa was influenced by three religions in perpetual inter-conflict:
Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. This mixed-media sculpture made of the burned
Don’t make something unless it is necessary, useful, and can be cleanly placed back into its natural elemental state; if so don’t hesitate to make it beautiful. If it exists Repurpose it for the Planet.
As a student at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY in 1972, the desk in my dorm room sat facing the East River and lower Manhattan. Every day I watched the cranes lift the twin towers of the new WTC steadily upward.
Daniel Mudie Cunningham's work 'Hold Your Breath' was commissioned by UTS Gallery at the University of Technology Sydney for 'The Fall Before Fall', an exhibition marking the ten year anniversary of 9/11.
I got a fascination for the Twin Towers as a young boy. The last 3 years, I am specializing in Google Earth 3d Art and currently I am creating 3d buildings in my hometown Heerlen which is situated in the Netherlands.
My grandfather arrived at Ellis Island on July 19, 1909 and settled in Manhattan. My parents were raised in Chelsea. My first job as a teenager was a messenger in lower Manhattan (remember before faxes, pagers and i phones).
I have been drawing for 20 years and never have I been so passionate about my work than now. More than ever the people of America need to see the vision of artists to help reflect their own thoughts back to them.
I was completely devasted after the terrorist attacks of 9/11. I kept thinking and wondering what the angels in heaven must be experiencing, thus the title came to me "Lament of the Angels".
The painting “In Memoriam” was originally created shortly after September 11, 2001, to communicate in a symbolic and respectful manner the tragic events and the feelings experienced by the nation at that time.
