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  • Pete Driessen

    Pete Driessen

    Pete Driessen: A Minneapolis Artist responds to the Rwandan Genocide: "Valentina's Nightmare," a documentary about the Rwandan Genocide shown on Public Television in 1996 evoked an artistic response from Driessen. He gave his own work the same title as the TV documentary which is about a young Rwandan Tutsi survivor who had her hands cut off and survived under a pile of bodies for several days. Valentina was later interviewed again in two subsequent documentaries, "The Triumph of Evil," (1999) and "Ghosts of Rwanda." (2004).

    Contact Information: Pete Driessen <elroydog@bitstream.net >

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    valentinas nightmare

    Valentinas Nightmare
    Acrylic/gel/tint/paste
    unstretched canvas
    126" x 72", 1997

    valentinas nightmare detail

    Valentinas Nightmare (Detail face)
    Acrylic/gel/tint/paste
    unstretched canvas
    126" x 72", 1997

    valentinas nightmare detail

    Valentinas Nightmare (Detail hands)
    Acrylic/gel/tint/paste
    unstretched canvas
    126" x 72", 1997

    valentinas nightmare rough

    Valentinas Nightmare (Rough Overall)
    Acrylic/gel/tint/paper
    30" x 22", 1997

    valentinas nightmare rough

    Valentinas Nightmare (Face/Hand rough)
    Acrylic/paper
    30" x 22", 1997

    valentinas nightmare rough

    Valentinas Nightmare (Hands rough)
    Acrylic/paper
    30" x 22", 1997

    Site constructed with permission of the artist.