Barbara Koenen

Chicago, Illinois, United States
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What did Buddha say to the Hot Dog Vendor? "Make me one with everything."

Since 2001, I have explored how art, religion and popular culture are used to promote and to fight war, through work that ranges from discrete objects to performances and room-sized installations.&nbsp;&nbsp; I've recreated Afghan war rugs using spices in public rituals inspired by Tibetan sand mandalas; mused on marketing pomegranates and the War on Terror; crocheted cosies for hand grenades; and made a trip to the barbershop into a political statement featured in USA Today.<br><p><br></p><p>An artist and a bureaucrat, I attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and have exhibited in Germany, Slovenia, Texas, New York and Idaho, but mostly in Chicago.&nbsp; I've worked at the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events for many years, and am co-founder of the Chicago Artists Resource.&nbsp; My essay on pomegranates and hand grenades, "<a target="_blank" title="" href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/53837888/Gastronomica-Summer-Issue-Preview">Muse</a>", appears in the Summer, 2011 issue of <a target="_blank" title="" href="http://www.gastronomica.org/issues1102.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Gastronomica, the Journal of Food and Culture</span></a>. &nbsp; <br></p><p><br></p><p>I am interested in the comments, suggestions and ideas of others as relates to this project.&nbsp; Contact me via my website, <a target="_blank" title="" href="http://www.barbarakoenen.com">www.barbarakoenen.com</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p> <p class="MsoBodyText"></p><p><br></p><br>

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