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Political art is the force of gravity to which all surrounding life converges.

GROUND ZERO would reassert this art of intelligence and intensity into our lives, to reaffirm its obsession to penetrate and to conquer by all means the sense of the moment. The power of political art has always forced itself on us, yet it would be hard to imagine living without it. After all, the final goal of any artistic activity is the understanding of its subject, the world we live in - without which the arts lose all vitality and even their reason for being.

-Jef Bourgeau, director MONA

Ground Zero, an exhibition of post 9/11 art, will be on display from July 13th to August 24th 2002 at Detroit's Museum of New Art, in the historic Book Building on Washington Boulevard, in the downtown center of the city.
The show, organized by Artists Frank Shifreen, Daniel Scheffer and Julius Vitali, features the work of over 50 artists in the 2nd floor exhibition space of the Museum. Artists from all over the country  have created works in many styles, varied media and viewpoint that depict artists reactions to the world since last September and the drama of cultural clash.
Jef Bourgeau, director of MONA, which has been at the forefront of Detroit's resurgence as a center of innovative arts and culture, hopes that the exhibition can help in healing, and also examine our present and future.
The same organizers created "From the Ashes", a renowned exhibition in New York that galvanized the art community. It opened on October 8th and was a memorial for those lost and a benefit for the families of fallen heroes.
Paul Lieberman, in an Article in the LA times about the exhibition, wrote: "the events of Sept 11 were an overwhelming visual experience that demanded a visual response... In the midst of chaos and destruction, art stands witness to the creative soul"
The works in Ground Zero examine the issues of 9/11 and the seismic shift that has occurred as a result of the challenge to western values by radical Islam. We have changed. Irony and distance have given way to a more serious, committed, if polarized time. Daniel Scheffer says, " We have ended an isolationist era in the U.S and have come face to face with our own vulnerabiltiy and strength. We are connected to the rest of the world."
The exhibition organizers hope to engage the public in exploration and dialogue. In the imagination, images can reveal knowledge not accessible to logic. We are an IMAGE-nation impacted by visual bombardment from an endless data stream. This show features art that illuminates, educates and entertains.