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Nov 14–Dec 19, 2004

A Perfect Union...more or less

Van McElwee, Flag and Its Shadow, 2003.

  • Van McElwee, Flag and Its Shadow, 2003.

  • Maryanne Simmons, American Landscapes/Documents Series: The Campaign, 2004.

  • Dominic McGill, Project for a New American Century, 2004.

  • Dominic McGill, Project for a New American Century, 2004.

  • Jennifer Benka & Mark Wagner, A Revisioning of the Preamble of the Constitution of the United States, 2003.

  • Mary Ellen Caroll, Federal, 2004.

  • Mary Ellen Caroll, Federal, 2004.

  • Maryanne Simmons, American Landscapes/Documents Series: The Campaign, 2004.

  • Maryanne Simmons, American Landscapes/Documents Series: The Campaign, 2004.

  • Adam Brooks with Cynthia Canary, Intersections (Influence), 2004.

  • Rob Conger, Left: Greenspan Attentive, Right: Greenspan Praying, 2001.

  • Rob Conger, Greenspan Praying, 2001.

  • Van McElwee, Flag and Its Shadow, 2003.

  • Jenny Perlin, The United States in a Chaotic World, 2003.

  • Rashid Johnson, The Evolution of the Negro Political Costume, 2004.

  • Jenny Perlin, The United States in a Chaotic World, 2003.

  • A Perfect Union … More or Less, Installation View, 2004.

  • A Perfect Union … More or Less, Installation View, 2004.

  • A Perfect Union … More or Less, Installation View, 2004.

  • A Perfect Union … More or Less, Installation View, 2004.

  • A Perfect Union … More or Less, Installation View, 2004.

  • Maryanne Simmons, American Landscapes/Documents Series: The Campaign, 2004.

  • A Perfect Union…more or less will focus on the national fabric as the past four years have presented challenges to core principals Americans use to define themselves. From a basic faith in the electoral system, to the United States’ role and standing in the world community, Americans have had to do some serious soul searching about its social and political beliefs and values. The marshalling of strong convictions (religious, political and patriotic) has taken its toll on Americans’ ability to imagine the national fabric in any kind of whole, let alone holistic sense, feelings no doubt exacerbated by the coming elections. Over and above particular heated issues, artists have responded to this sense of fraying by asking pointed questions of national identity through a variety of means by which Americans recognize themselves. A Perfect Union…more or less features artists whose work engages Americans’ collective identity through such material as The Constitution, the electoral process, and the country?s many slogans and symbols.

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