{"id":6168,"date":"2016-07-23T04:40:59","date_gmt":"2016-07-23T04:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/victorhugocollection.com\/?p=6168"},"modified":"2019-05-13T09:13:35","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T09:13:35","slug":"jeff-koons-maverick-artist-victor-hugo-vaca-ii-continue-to-descend-at-broadway-gallery-in-soho-new-york-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victorhugocollection.com\/jeff-koons-maverick-artist-victor-hugo-vaca-ii-continue-to-descend-at-broadway-gallery-in-soho-new-york-city\/","title":{"rendered":"THE MARKETING OF PEACE Jeff Koons And Maverick Artist Victor Hugo Vaca II Continue To Descend At Broadway Gallery In Soho New York City"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The 3 Soldiers: Great White Hope In Midst Of Turmoil In The Middle East<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

“The Three Soldiers”<\/strong>\u00a0By Victor-Hugo Vaca II (28×52) Oil on canvas. 1-22-05. As seen in NY Arts Magazine<\/strong><\/em> article by Kate Hickey.<\/p>\n

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NY Arts \/ China Arts Featuring Victor-Hugo Vaca Jr. Exhibit With Jeff Koons At Broadway Gallery In Soho, Manhattan, New York Feb. 2006 Article by Kate Hickey<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Excerpt from Kate Hickey article titled, “Continue To Descend.” featuring “The Three Muses” by Maverick Artist Victor-Hugo Vaca II on the top right corner of the page:<\/p>\n

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MAVERICK ARTIST VICTOR-HUGO VACA JR WITH JEFF KOONS IN NY ARTS MAGAZINE\/CHINA ARTS<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

“This February, a group of 11 artists who hail from four different countries, explored the idea of “descent.” From moral to physical to mental, the idea of tumbling, floating and sliding downwards was probed through a wonderful array of paintings. Through planes going into descent, trees entering the autumnal season, the hand of god dropping toward a human eye and wonderful examples of abstract expressionism. The 11 contributors were Victor-Hugo Vaca II,\u00a0Jeff Koons,\u00a0Umberto Torricelli, Bata Musicki, Dylan Farrell, Kai Lintumaa, Duriye Yuksel, Trey Reed, Gencay Kasapci, Lucy DeLange and Andrea Serrano.<\/p>\n

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MAVERICK ARTIST VICTOR-HUGO VACA JR WITH JEFF KOONS IN NY ARTS MAGAZINE\/CHINA ARTS<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Among Victor Hugo\u2019s works was the painting The Three Soldiers. This dark and sullen image filled with black and reds brings forth a feeling of impending doom. Of his own work, Hugo says: “It aims to induce feelings in the viewer which lead to self-examination. I paint what I see around me.”<\/p>\n

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Try Peace: Peace Is Cool.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The iconic image of “The Three Soldiers”, by Victor-Hugo Vaca II, \u00a0was displayed alongside works by Jeff Koons, the\u00a0\u00a0Pop-art provocateur, who\u00a0has broken a\u00a0world record<\/b>\u00a0for a price paid for a single artwork by a living artist at auction, and “The Three Soldiers” painting was also featured in the\u00a0celebrity driven, “Try Peace”, campaign, from the documentary titled, “The Marketing Of Peace”, produced, written and directed by Victor-Hugo Vaca II, which included members of The Goo Goo Dolls, Berlin, The English Beat (Dave Schulz), The Smiths, Electronic and Modest Mouse (Johnny Marr), UFC Champion (Tito Ortiz) and “Porn Stars For Peace” adult film stars (Ron Jeremy, Joanna Angel, Kaylani Lei, Trisha Uptown and Brea Bennet) to promote peace, love and an end to the U.S. invasion and war in Iraq.<\/p>\n