Art in America Article

[Peace Advocate]

A few years ago (3-4?) I read about an artist who was doing diagrams linking all the connections with politicians/secret government stuff (particularly Bush). He committed suicide (was suicided?). Does anyone know his name? I don't think our library carries those magazines back that far.<br> <p></p><i></i>

[Project Willow]

Mark Lombardi<br><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1248/is_11_91/ai_110963137">www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1248/is_11_91/ai_110963137</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><br><!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/smile.gif ALT=":)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <p></p><i></i>

[professorpan]

Holy crap! I hadn't heard of Lombardi. <br><br>I hope his art is archived somewhere... Is there anything else written about his alleged suicide? <p></p><i></i>

[Gouda]

I hadn't either. And I must have missed one of Jeff's posts: <!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://rigorousintuition.blogspot.com/2004/11/mark-lombardis-uzumaki.html">rigorousintuition.blogspo...umaki.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>In some quick research, I see a lot of speculation about his suicide, but it is not clear one way or the other, lots of "apparent" and "supposed"'s from what I have seen so far. Mark seemed to be reaching the apex of his career and exposure, then bam. It's a tough call - I have two good artist friends in particular who have either flirted with suicide, or have tried - but it's not our call. J.H. Hatfield, Danny Casalaro, Gary Webb and Lombardi did not 'paint pictures' of fucking soup cans. <br> <br>In memoriam<br><br>MARK LOMBARDI<br><br>1951 - 2000<br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.pierogi2000.com/memorial/mark.jpg" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.pierogi2000.com/memorial/lombardm.html">Memorium site with some testimony from friends</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.pierogi2000.com/flatfile/lombardi.html">Here is some of his work</a><!--EZCODE LINK END-->, and <br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.albany.edu/museum/wwwmuseum/work/lombardi/">more here</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><br>His work is amazing. As Jeff wrote, it is dizzying - and the molecular, supernovic creatures that emerge are as discombobulating as the networks themselves. To see the visualization of a subconscious cooperating with hard parapolitical research is what I find so gripping. One reviewer remarked that no overarching power or center emerges in the decentralized structures, but I have found myself attempting to visualize another dimension missing from the 2-dimensional frame. At any rate, I'd think his work holds huge educational potential and value which ought to leave the smarmy, trendy, parasitic elite art world behind. <br><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1487185">NPR story</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/archive.cgi?read=42224">Rumormill news</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--> linking to Uri Dowbenko (linking to 'insider' Al Martin) also quoted by Jeff, and other speculative links on the suicide. <p></p><i></i>

[marykmusic]

This is beyond art. This is crossing the lines between art and raising awareness... Wow! --MaryK <p></p><i></i>

[thurnandtaxis]

There is a catalog of his work published:<br><br>Mark Lombardi: Global Networks<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0916365670/sr=8-1/qid=1141147385/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-3997751-6641403?%5Fencoding=UTF8">www.amazon.com/gp/product...oding=UTF8</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>Unfortunately the reproductions of his work are rather too small to make out the various names involved. Still its a book I've been meaning to purchase.<br><br>I saw his posthumous show here in NY and happened to be there while<br>Mark Levin was filming the exhibit as part of his "Protocols" film. He was <br>pointing out that while there were a number of Jewish names involved,<br>Meyer Lansky, et. al, there was no indication in Lombardi's conspiatorial research of a single codified "Jewish Network". <p></p><i></i>

[mother]

He was a genius. <p></p><i></i>

[Peace Advocate]

Wow, thanks for all the feedback. I have been wondering about this for awhile. This is my first post; you guys are great. I have been following Jeff's site for less than a year, and missed his article about Lombardi.<br>Thanks for paying attention!!! <p></p><i></i>