PTSD Nation Event Analysis

Event Analysis of “PTSD Nation: Art and Poetry from Survivors of War, Gun Violence and Domestic Abuse” Art is an expression of feeling or thought, and to different people, meanings and functions of art will be different. According to the director of my college’s Art Department, “In the case of public art that was made for a specific site in the city, the artist may have been expected to design a piece that responded to the appearance, purpose, or history of that site” (Lecture). I think the purpose of creating public art can also applies to many other forms of art. Instead of creating public art, people can express himself by drawing a picture or writing a poetry. In the art exhibit of PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), artist displayed his experience and appearance on the gallery and …show more content…
Those four goals seems serve well with a function for this exhibit and provide an atmosphere where people with post-traumatic stress disorder can release themselves and seek recognition from different communities. In better to understand the meaning of the gallery, I have noticed an artwork that demonstrate the hardest feeling and also a happiest feeling. The name of the artwork is “Time I dee dee outa here!” and created by Captain. D. Allen Wyly. This art depicts the retreat of American soldiers when they leave Vietnam and present the struggle of what they have been through during the Vietnam War. The picture is illustrate a captain watch his crews across the river and he seems a bit of desperate while retreating with his crews. The background of the picture is soil, trees and wood – a particular fighting site in Vietnam. Through this picture, soldier didn’t show any pride or happiness, neither the captain, and also the captain looks tired and lost. While retreating is a sad thing for soldier, returning home also another good thing for soldier, that’s why one of the soldiers shows his smile