About This Item

  • Call NumberVETS_0028
  • TitleHidden In the camouflage
  • SummaryCollage, 23 x 25 inches, with military insignia and camouflage. Artwork created in New York Harbor Hospital Creative Arts Program, led by Beryl Brenner. Project: Visions of vets, 2009, referencing the theme: Who is an American veteran? Artwork was displayed at the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans Memorial and Vietnam Era Museum and Education Center. Exhibition label: Hidden in the camouflage by Hipolito Collazo. Mr. Collazo’s work explores how a human being's individualism is viewed within a large organization like the Department of Defense. He states “that by its very nature, for the individual, the military creates a form of camouflage in life. You become part of something larger.” Because of the nature of the military’s role within a society this appears somewhat inevitable. As is the case with many of the artists within this exhibition, the notion is that you lose something and in return you gain something.
  • Date2008
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 image file : digital, JPG, color
  • Genrecollages (visual works)
  • NoteTitle supplied by creator.
  • CreatorCollazo, Hipolito
  • SubjectVeterans--United States ; Camouflage (Military science)
  • CollectionVeterans Creative Arts Program collection
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsNew York Harbor Hospital Creative Arts Program Collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • Copyright OwnerNew York Harbor Hospital Creative Arts Program