Artists Confront the Culture of War

The artblog, LIMK1, reports on two shows, opening this weekend in Chinatown, Los Angeles, that directly confront the culture of war: A German group show at Chung King Project focuses on war, sex and oppressive doom as the nature of male fantasy. At High Energy Constructs, Karl Erickson and Andrew Falkowski look at how war has been depicted in television. The show underscores both the diabolical and desensitizing aspects of these Hollywood depictions of the worst tragedies of humankind.