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<strong>TUSA</strong>: Introduction 2<br />
In 1937 Picasso painted GUER-<br />
NICA which subsequently became<br />
the most<br />
celebrated anti-war image of the<br />
twentieth century. This painting<br />
was his response to the bombing<br />
of the Basque town of Guernica<br />
by the Nazis for Franco.<br />
The huge painting measured 3.5<br />
metres by 7.77 meters and travelled<br />
the world before returning<br />
to Spain.<br />
In June <strong>2008</strong> Dominic Ryan after<br />
spending ten years in conflict<br />
zones decided to recreate another<br />
image to reflect the horrors<br />
of the twenty first century and<br />
act as a message to what we<br />
cannot allow to occur again. The<br />
artist, who had founded a small<br />
NGO called the <strong>Peace</strong> <strong>Project</strong> in<br />
1994 where art installations with<br />
humanitarian messages were<br />
erected has been moved to create<br />
another statement about injustice,<br />
suffering and war.<br />
Between June and October <strong>2008</strong><br />
he worked with three assistants<br />
to paint thie image before you.<br />
This was a direct response to<br />
Dominics recent experiences<br />
in the Middle East and his desire<br />
to bring a large installation<br />
to the Nuclear reactror plant in<br />
Iran. Hence the name, Tehran,<br />
USA. This became abbreviated to<br />
<strong>TUSA</strong>.<br />
Both the painting’s theme and<br />
size are the same as Picassso’s<br />
GUERNICA.<br />
The artist aims to give voice to<br />
victims of war from around the<br />
world. He has visited Sarajevo<br />
in 1995, Gaza in 1997, Kosovo<br />
in 1999, Cyprus in 2000, and the<br />
West Bank in 2001. Dominic<br />
Ryan has received the Liberte<br />
Prize for Human Rights in the<br />
European Union and was shortlisted<br />
for nomination the Nobel<br />
<strong>Peace</strong> Prize in 2007.<br />
The Universal Declaration of<br />
<strong>Peace</strong> was written by Dominic<br />
Ryan with politicians and other<br />
human rights leaders in 2007.<br />
Some of the articles are suggestions,<br />
others are international<br />
law. All are open to discussion.<br />
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