THE DOODLES OF WAR - PART 1Bloodthirsty Child Soldiers Tag Liberia
The child soldiers of Liberia have taken street art to another level. Tim Hetherington, winner of the World Press Photo of the Year in 2007, took these terrifying photos during the blood-drenched civil war over there a few years back. The childlike scrawls of rape, violence and intimidation are pretty grim, but it all gets out of hand when you see the cupboard with “room of pain” etched on it. We spoke to Tim about Liberia, child soldiers and the 90s Liberian graf scene.
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See all articles by this contributor Anonymous, on Dec 3, 2008 wrote:
puzzy | | Anonymous, on Oct 5, 2008 wrote:
it looks like some of jake and dinos chapman etchings. i guess thats what someone was getting at but who knows seeing as someone wrote about adams muff. | | Anonymous, on Oct 2, 2008 wrote:
Interesting topic, where’s the depth in the questioning though?? Could have been a lot better
| | Anonymous, on Sep 27, 2008 wrote:
"where the fuck is sacchi when you need him"
[sigh] spellcheck guy, it’s "Sacco and Vanzetti." | | Anonymous, on Sep 27, 2008 wrote:
I just got back from working with Liberian refugees in Ghana. Some 40,000 refugees have sought refuge at Buduburam for the last 18 years; the camp was just recently closed by the Ghanaian government (they claim the refugees are a threat to security). To think these individuals, many of which are severely tramatized, will return to such imagery is so sad. A visual reminder of all the hardship they faced.
Thanks Vice for actually drawing attention to Liberia, so little is said about the situation there. | | Anonymous, on Sep 26, 2008 wrote:
mickey mouse with shark teeth? where the fuck is sacchi when you need him | | Anonymous, on Sep 26, 2008 wrote:
i like how in the top one on page 3 the guy took out his sidearm to do the job. that shows personal hatred. | | Anonymous, on Sep 25, 2008 wrote:
Don’t jump to conclusions, I hear that it’s very common in Liberia to eat apples given to you by gigantic serpents wrapped around trees while naked (and titless). | | Anonymous, on Sep 25, 2008 wrote:
Who-hoa, looks like we got an art critic on our hands. | | Anonymous, on Sep 25, 2008 wrote:
the first drawing looks like adam and eve | | Anonymous, on Sep 25, 2008 wrote:
sometimes I think Vice shouldn’t have a comments section, it makes their readership look like a gang of drooling wankers. | | Anonymous, on Sep 25, 2008 wrote:
wait, so adam has the muff? | | Anonymous, on Sep 25, 2008 wrote:
To be honest I would do just that ^. | | Anonymous, on Sep 25, 2008 wrote:
hey vice, thanks for reassuring me that i know what a poorly-drawn muff looks like. made my day! | | Anonymous, on Sep 25, 2008 wrote:
eesh, these are pretty grim... | | Anonymous, on Sep 25, 2008 wrote:
is that a muff? | | Anonymous, on Sep 25, 2008 wrote:
how long before "art collectors" swarm to liberia and cut these out of the wall a la banksy? | | |
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