Tuesday October 24, 2006

Legends of the Fall

Tomorrow night, New York ad agency Think Tank 3 will open a provocative exhibition of photographs of public representations of Saddam Hussein, taken in the days following the fall of his regime. “Saddam Mania” features photos of posters, murals, and statues taken by photojournalist Teun Voeten days after the U.S. invasion, just as those public images were being dismantled. “Saddam built himself, essentially, an imposing brand by commissioning these images and statues—to a level that requires more than taking them down to take his power away from him,” says TT3 creative director and exhibition curator Sharoz Makarechi. “The series, perhaps despite itself, demonstrates the disparity between the destruction of reminders of Saddam, and the fact that Saddam is to this day holding his own in court.” The show will be on display at the agency’s new space at 447 Hudson Street (at the corner of Morton) through November 25.

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