PeckerWoods Abound

by Maureen Kelleher 

 

     

Maureen Kelleher's PECKERWOODS ABOUND is a colorful, bold, glossy, straight ahead view into the world of the   employer/employee, master/slave  relationship.

Drawing on a story told to her by an African-American woman who worked as a domestic in Louisiana in the 1970's, Kelleher creates a walking trip  that simultaneously takes us back in time via a giant step (to Frederick Douglass's 1850's) and a smaller hop  back to 1970's Chalmette, Louisiana.     We experience an historical view of power in two eras, the players from the times (black and white), and the  ground on which each stood in the particularity of his/her existence.  

   

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Summer Hours: Aug - Sept 6 by appointment only. 

 

Still Counting... 

 

Installation by Michael Mut  

stillcounting.net 

 

Beginning in 2004, "...and counting..." was my reaction to the violence and murder of the devastating incidents of 9/11 and the ongoing reports of death in Iraq and Afghanistan. It was an opportunity to put myself and others through the tough questions that surround violence and murder.  I arrived at a conundrum: "I am opposed to killing and war, I love my country, but my government wages war... I pay taxes, and those dollars are used for warfare...I am ultimately inextricably connected to the whole process. I am killing innocent people with my money"

"...still counting..." expands my focus to include all acts of murder committed around the globe.

To commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11, I'll begin the next phase of the installation in New York City.  I'll place tagged mummies in various locations throughout the city, and I invite you to find and follow these objects to my website for more information and opportunities for participation.

From September to December 2011, Michael Mut Gallery will host an installation exposing the horrors of genocide.  Over 9000 mummies in heaps and piles confront the insanity of murder.  New mummies will be created daily to commemorate the murders that take place every day around the globe.

Scrapings

Mon-Thu 3 pm - 10 pm; Fri-Sat 1 pm - 11pm; Sun 1 pm - 9 pm

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 Owner  

 Michael Mut

 Project Team:   

 Charlotte Mouquin
 Aileen Robalino

 Kristen Zwicker

 Lauraberth Lima

 Nyssa Frank

 Katherine Buglione

 Kanene Holder

 Bob Kendes

 Tori Peterschild

 Jordana Simpson

 Marshandra Bracy

 Katie Nuñez

 Minyoung Park
 Eric Fuge
 Rachel Seigel
 Luiza Cardenuto 

  

 Louis Yungling