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a-Historical Landscapes

a-Historical Landscapes

See a-Historical Landscapes featured in the Highlands Current's special feature titled
"Always Present; Never Seen"

“a-Historical Landscape” series uses original 19th century landscape engravings typical of the Hudson River School, with the addition of images from contemporaneous publications such as anti-slavery almanacs and abolitionist tracts.

"a-Historical Landscape" series aims to ask whether the anachronistic appearance of the superimposed images may be due to assimilated art historical conventions, suggesting the images may never have been deemed worthy of co-existing to begin with.

"a-Historical Landscape" series was created using a digital engraving technique on polymer to produce printing plates to print directly on the original engravings, a printing technique almost identical to the original, prolonging the edition by almost 150 years.

"a-Historical Landscape" series is now part of the permanent collection at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College, as well as the  Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art thanks to the
Alice and Horace Chandler Purchase Award. The Samuel Dorsky Museum is located on the campus of SUNY New Paltz, the site of recent "decolonizing" efforts where names of slave owners were removed from student dormitories.

Special thanks to all the staff at Fall Kill Print Works at Poughkeepsie Underwear Factory for invaluable help with this project.

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  • home
  • about
  • art
    • Drawing >
      • a-Historical Landscapes
      • I Draw & You Talk
      • Strange Fruit; Split Seed
    • Sculpture >
      • Blauvelt Blues
      • Can A Sculpture Feel Pain?
      • EMPIRE brickwork
      • Freeborn Trails
      • Six of the First
      • The Price of Half-Freedom
      • Thomas Pomplin Memorial
      • Tiny House of Steel
    • Public Art >
      • 1City:2Schools
      • There Are NO Black Shakers
      • From the Ground UP
      • Burial for White Supremacy
  • teaching
    • Curating >
      • We Wear the Mask
    • Museum Learning
    • Reparative Work
    • Visiting Artist Lectures
    • Workshops
  • video
  • Press
  • Publications