Opening windows in time

Article Abstract:

The work of artist B. Amore on exhibit at the Lower East Side Tenement House Museum portrays the lives of immigrant families who have lived in it. It is a collage of their photographs, artifacts and their history. These items are arranged on the center of shadow boxes with triptych doors, while their stories are written on the inside of the doors. The script is arranged in the form of fingerprints to emphasize the uniqueness of each person. Moreover, the work inspires visitors to meditate on the photos, story and the artifacts.

Criticism and interpretation, Collage, Tenement-houses, Tenement houses

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Coming to America: familiar issues rest behind faces of "strangers." (exhibit of photographs by various artists at Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, California)

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Points of Entry is an exhibit of photographs that deals with immigration in the US and spans 140 years of migrant arrival to US shores. There are 370 photographs in the exhibit divided into three sections: A Nation of Strangers, Tracing Culture and Reframing America. The first section deals with immigration beginning in the middle of the 19th century, the second section deals with photographic works from 1923 to 1947 and the last section shows more recent works from various artists.

Photography, Emigration and immigration

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The art of naturalization

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Brigitte Rutenberg moved from the one-month exhibition held at the Zone One Gallery in Oct 1997 to display her shadowbox collages of mixed media painting at the Rittenhouse Gallery of the Philadelphia Art Alliance from Dec 1997 to Jan 1998. Her art collection reflects her feelings about the naturalization process which she underwent in the spring of 1997 when she applied for US citizenship. The boxes represent isolation while the objects inside are the symbols of communication.

Mixed media painting, Rutenberg, Brigitte

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