Dazzlin’ Camouflage on Parade
The Ambidextrous Winter 2008 “Secrets” issue featured a High Concept piece Dazzlin’ Camouflage by Illinois Institute of Technology Institute of Design’s Hugh Musick on Dazzle, a technique painting warships in dizzying patterns to ward off enemy gunships most recently made popular by the British and American navies in WWI.
RISD now has an upcoming exhibit and symposium on the subject. The “Bedazzled” Exhibit and the “Artists at War: Exploring the Connections Between Art and Camouflage” Symposium will examine the questions surrounding the relationship of art and camouflage. The exhibit is in the Fleet Library at RISD and the symposium will be on February 14, 2009 from 2-4 pm nearby on their campus.