Generally avoiding television “coverage” of the war, but some images inevitably bleed in. Here is some art that’s been on my mind as a result. [Also, gmtPlus9 went black in Japan and posted some war-related art. Thanks, Travelers Diagram.]
![Blast, by Naoya Hatakeyama, image: LA Galerie.de](http://www.lagalerie.de/lagalerie_english_deutsch/l_a_galerie_artists/hatakeyama_english/blaste/3117e/B3117.jpg)
Blast, from a series of photographs
by Naoya Hatakeyama, image: LA Galerie
![Nacht 1, II, Thomas Ruff image:zkm.de](http://container.zkm.de/ctrl-space/works/45.jpg)
Nacht 1, II by Thomas Ruff, who began using nightvision after
the technology was popularized in Gulf War I (GWI), image: ZKM.de
![Olivier Silva, Foreign Legion 2000-2002, Rineke Dijkstra, image: Galerie Jan Mot](http://www.galeriejanmot.com/rineke_dijkstra/images/01.jpg)
![Olivier Silva, Foreign Legion 2000-2002, Rineke Dijkstra, image: Galerie Jan Mot](http://www.galeriejanmot.com/rineke_dijkstra/images/06.jpg)
Olivier Silva, Foreign Legion 2000-2002, ongoing, by Rineke Dijkstra,
who is photographing one man through his term of
service in the French Foreign Legion. images: Galerie Jan Mot
Hmm. JP, DE, FR, NL. I just noticed these are all from countries who know war firsthand, on their own soil.