by Beth Cody They say history repeats itself. Over the last few months my law background and the discovery of Dorothea Lange’s WWII photography have lead me to fear this may be true. Recent calls for a Muslim registry in our country made me think about the Japanese internment camps of 1942; with some registry … Continue reading
Category Archives: History
The Body Begs to be Written: The Written Word as an Agent of Ownership
Let’s start with Xu Bing’s pieces Cultural Animal from 1994 and his earlier work A Case Study of Transference from the previous year. Two works that confront us with the brutal collision between two cultures. Cultural Animal presents us with an even more harsh reality than its predecessor when the artist replaces the female pig … Continue reading
The Dark Arts in Amish Country
These are not the dark arts you imagine, there is no caldron just large wood and iron printing presses… Lancaster County Pennsylvania has a long and rich history in the graphic arts. One of the earliest printing presses in PA can be found at the historic Ephrata Cloister. The celibate community of ascetics practiced … Continue reading