Making Our History: Artists Render Lincoln鈥檚 Legacies
This exhibition was produced by University of Illinois Springfield Director of Visual Arts and professor of graphic design Brytton Bjorngaard and Wepner Distinguished Professor of Lincoln Studies Graham A. Peck.
Twenty Illinois artists in a virtual residency created paintings, sculptures, prints, photography, virtual reality, conceptual and video artwork. The artwork showcases the many sides to Lincoln that permeate our perception of the former president through each artists鈥� interpretation of Lincoln鈥檚 legacies: the frontier Lincoln, the family man, the politician, the military chieftain, the emancipator, the icon, the saint, the pop culture figure and cultural artifact, the Land of Lincoln and Lincoln鈥檚 still resounding political legacy.
Accompanying this exhibition are video interviews produced by Storyteller Studios of Springfield that provide insight into each artists鈥� practice, research and project. In addition, Professor Peck has written essays that contextualize their work in relation to Lincoln history.
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This exhibition was produced by University of Illinois Springfield Director of Visual Arts and professor of graphic design Brytton Bjorngaard and Wepner Distinguished Professor of Lincoln Studies Graham A. Peck.
Twenty Illinois artists in a virtual residency created paintings, sculptures, prints, photography, virtual reality, conceptual and video artwork. The artwork showcases the many sides to Lincoln that permeate our perception of the former president through each artists鈥� interpretation of Lincoln鈥檚 legacies: the frontier Lincoln, the family man, the politician, the military chieftain, the emancipator, the icon, the saint, the pop culture figure and cultural artifact, the Land of Lincoln and Lincoln鈥檚 still resounding political legacy.
Accompanying this exhibition are video interviews produced by Storyteller Studios of Springfield that provide insight into each artists鈥� practice, research and project. In addition, Professor Peck has written essays that contextualize their work in relation to Lincoln history.
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