Artists protest different perspectives in art

In Rockland, Maine, about half a dozen "artists opposed to war protested the showing of combat paintings of Marine Sgt. Michael Fay at the Farnsworth Art Museum."

"The fact that he would come not dressed as an artist, but as a Marine is an affront," said Natasha Mayers of Whitefield. "I'm for real expression that's not paid for. This guy is paid for, he's been a Marine all his life, and this is a military point of view.

I guess art professors aren't artists either, since they are paid for. I've seen another article about his work and it seems worth seeing, whatever one's perspective on the war. Or war in general.

Fay, incidentally, supported their right to protest.

The show is "Fire and Ice: Marine Corps Combat Art from Afghanistan and Iraq."

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