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

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