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From Bullet to Work of Art

A decorated artillery shell from the exhibit. (Photo courtesy of Hollingsworth Fine Arts.)

An exhibition titled "Art of the Trenches" opened in the Museum of War History in Budapest on September 7, 2006. The exhibition showcases metal trench art objects created by military and civilian artists in the trenches of France during the first World War, also art pieces of post World War II made in the United States, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Germany, France, Canada, Australia, Belgium and Czechoslovakia are on display. Makers of trench art utilized artillery shells, bullets, shrapnel, aircraft parts, currency and other miscellaneous metal scrap and applied materials for their works of art.

The exhibition, sponsored by Hollingsworth Fine Arts of the United States, will run through December 10, 2006.