Ron Mann: Life & Work
The National Veterans Art Museum exists because of the people who were exposed to the impact of war and military service and found art to be a progressive conduit for communicating their experiences. When it comes to treating the invisible wounds of war, if it鈥檚 mentionable, it鈥檚 manageable. But what happens when a sailor, soldier, airman, guardian or marine is asked to do the unmentionable? The visual art of Ron Mann begins to answer that question. Mann鈥檚 work transcends what could not be captured in full sentences and instead, uses intentionally broad strokes and poetically bold titles. His paintings begin to reframe a life after war and the persistent call to create on a canvas. He was in constant communication with the current events of the world from reproductive rights to global warming as well as the inner workings of everyday losses, love鈥檚 heartaches and joys of family life.
As a former helicopter door gunner, Mann found that the best weapon against trauma was to make art. Inner visions and inspiration manifest as a mirror into the subconscious thoughts of the artist's experience. Not only is this a catalog of the experience of a combat soldier, it is an act of bravery to expose what lies deep within.
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The National Veterans Art Museum exists because of the people who were exposed to the impact of war and military service and found art to be a progressive conduit for communicating their experiences. When it comes to treating the invisible wounds of war, if it鈥檚 mentionable, it鈥檚 manageable. But what happens when a sailor, soldier, airman, guardian or marine is asked to do the unmentionable? The visual art of Ron Mann begins to answer that question. Mann鈥檚 work transcends what could not be captured in full sentences and instead, uses intentionally broad strokes and poetically bold titles. His paintings begin to reframe a life after war and the persistent call to create on a canvas. He was in constant communication with the current events of the world from reproductive rights to global warming as well as the inner workings of everyday losses, love鈥檚 heartaches and joys of family life.
As a former helicopter door gunner, Mann found that the best weapon against trauma was to make art. Inner visions and inspiration manifest as a mirror into the subconscious thoughts of the artist's experience. Not only is this a catalog of the experience of a combat soldier, it is an act of bravery to expose what lies deep within.
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