FROM SLAVERY TO APARTHEID...
FROM RWANDA TO DARFUR...

ROBERT MAHOSKY IS A CLASSICALLY TRAINED ARTIST, WHO'S LIFE AND SUBJECT MATTER TOOK A TURN, AFTER HIS TRIP TO AFRICA. MAHOSKY, A NEWS VIDEOGRAPHER, WAS SENT TO COVER THE CARNAGE OF RWANDA IN 1995. NEARLY A MILLION PEOPLE WERE SLAUGHTERED IN A MATTER OF MONTHS. THEY ARE NOT FORGOTTEN. THEY LIVE ON THROUGH THEIR CHILDREN, THE SURVIVORS. THE TRAGEDY CONTINUES TODAY IN THE DARFUR REGION OF SUDAN. THE MEN ARE BEING MURDERED, THE WOMEN RAPED, VILLAGES BURNED. THE WORLD TURNS ITS HEAD AND MORE CHILDREN ENDURE A DAILY STRUGGLE. MAHOSKY FINDS WHAT LITTLE JOY THEY HOLD ONTO AND CAPTURES IT IN OIL. THE BRIGHT COLORS WASH AWAY THE PAIN. QUICK SMILES ARE THE HOPE FOR TOMORROW. MAHOSKY'S STYLE IS UNIQUE. ALL WORKS ARE DRAWN FIRST, THEN LAYERS OF PAINT AND GLAZE ARE APPLIED. THE WORKS ARE RICH IN COLOR AND TEXTURE. SOME WORKS ARE SMOOTH AND COMFORTING. OTHERS ARE ANGULAR AND SHARP. THEY ARE GLIMPSES OF THE EMOTIONS AND MEMORIES, CLEARLY CAPTURED FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS..

"How can the world just look away? How can the massacre of races of people not be on the front page everyday-- the lead story on the nightly news? Why is it still going on? Robert Mahosky...