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Make art, not war: Why an artist spent five years and used 35 million beads to transform a supersonic jet

Ralph Ziman estimates he was 13 or 14 years old the first time he had a gun pulled on him in anger. It was the mid 1970s, and he was with friends outside a shopping mall in the northern suburbs of his ...
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Meet Ralph Ziman, the artist waging war with weapons against violence

From Soweto to Seattle, from apartheid to Black Lives Matter, Ralph Ziman’s art travels through history of 20th-century violence. The Johannesburg-born artist speaks about his work with the passion ...
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World Premiere in Seattle: Decommissioned Cold War-era MiG-21 fighter jet transformed into art

SEATTLE — Tens of millions of small colorful glass beads, needled together by hand, now make up the body and interior of a decommissioned Cold War-era, Soviet-designed MiG-21 fighter jet. The Museum ...
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Ralph Ziman’s The MiG-21 Project Debuts at The Museum of Flight in Collaboration with South African Beadwork Artisans

DTCare’s commitment to the artisan community extends beyond art through the Better Learning Brighter Futures Program, which addresses the educational needs of the children of the artisans in Southern ...
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Ralph Ziman’s The MiG-21 Project Unveiled at Museum of Flight in Collaboration with South African Beadwork Artisans

DTCare celebrates Ralph Ziman’s vision, beadwork collaborators, and the growing reach of the Better Learning Brighter Futures Program. PITTSBURGH, PA, UNITED STATES, June 20, 2025 / EINPresswire.com / ...