Reply #8: My favorite part

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Shortly after September 11 the FBI paid
a visit to the Whitney and Pierogi Gallery to inquire after a drawing of Mark Lombardi's. George W. Bush, Harken
Energy, and Jackson Stephens, c.1979-
1990 5th version, 1999, outlines the current president's life as a businessman whose dealings within the oil industry were financially supported by prominent Saudi's, including the father of Osama Bin Laden. Both Bush and Bin Laden, junior and senior, appear together in this piece.

Shortly before the Gulf War, Harken Energy, under the clumsy control of George W. lost almost a quarter million dollars, but the future president had already sold his stock well before it plummeted to $1 a share. While this story dates back more than a decade, neither the players, nor the particular corporate scandal described, have lost relevance.

The timeliness of the Lombardi's work will undoubtedly draw a crowd made of equal parts curiosity seekers and artists. At the time of his death Lombardi was working on new modes of presentation, such as light boxes. In a videotaped interview with him in 1997, Lombardi discussed his desire to investigate the workings of organized crime, and according to Robert Hobbs, the artist had begun to research organized crime and to follow the activities of major media figures.

His careful and intelligent tracking of the rich and powerful have led some to speculate that his death in March 2000 might not have been the suicide it seemed. While he never veered into the more dangerous zone of direct over 10,000 index cards that he used to archive his research, will travel around the country.

Presented by Independent Curator's International and curated by Robert Hobbs, Global Networks will open January 25, 2003 at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University, and move on to as yet undisclosed locations from there.

http://www.11211magazine.com/editor/issue13/air13.html