WWIII is NOT, Repeat NOT, Armageddon

Before September 11, it is safe to say 99% of Americans were completely unaware of sovereign states that went by such obscure names as Uzbekistan, Tajikstan, or Kazakhstan. Not so for those who have seen a painting titled WWIII is NOT, Repeat NOT, Armageddon, by Frank Bruno, an obscure artist living in a desolate region in Southern Arizona.

These names, he states, are to become as familiar as household words before this war is over. His paintings are like tomorrowís newspapers. How does he do it? "Easy," says Bruno, "I just illustrate Bible Prophecy."

Ignored for over 40 years, his work has been calling out a warning to America. Recently, thanks to the American Visionary Art Museum of Baltimore and Dilettante Press of Los Angeles, his work has begun to receive some exposure.
 

Canít Anybody Hear the Horses?

On October 5, the American Visionary Art Museum opened a new show that will run one year; its theme: The Art of War and Peace. On exhibit is one of Brunoís paintings done in 1998 titled Can't Anybody Hear the Horses? This painting depicts the pale horse of the Apocalypse. The grotesque rider surrounded by death and pestilence is portrayed carrying a laboratory test tube, indicating the biological catastrophe that is about to descend on mankind. Today, the hoof beats of the pale horse are being heard loud and clear throughout the land.

Equally unpleasant paintings done over 40 years ago depict the destruction of New York City and America. Strong drink for a nation fixated on Diet Pepsi.

"Maybe today," Bruno says, "the intelligentsia of the art world who blindly rally around elephant dung and bottles of piss will see the real world of dirty fingernails and hungry bellies. Yes," he adds, "history gives a more realistic view?prophets of doom have always been ridiculed, pushed aside or stoned?why should it be any different today?"