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The Bill of Rights: A Limited Edition Set of Ten Works Installation
United States
Installation, Fabric on Canvas
Size: 24 W x 24 H x 17 D in
About The Artwork
I started working on this theme in the mid-1990s with individual artworks about three of the rights, and realized that they had to stay together as a set. There was little interest until after the 9/11 attach on the World Trade Center in 2001. The USA PATRIOT Act that was passed immediately after that woke everybody up about this subject, and in 2002 I finished the first set, which was exhibited at the Louis K. Meisel Gallery in NYC. Originally I planned on making 25 sets, but they took much longer to fabricate than anticipated. The building my studio was in was sold, I had to leave, and only five copies were completely finished, with four more in various stages of completion. It wasn't possible to start any more sets, for many reasons. The finished ones sold, and I still have a couple of nearly finished ones that could be completed. The main photo here is of Amendment I : Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. The First Amendment : Reliquary for the Ashes of Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses. Upon publication the author lost the freedoms of Press, Religion, Speech and Assembly in some countries. The Fatwah issued on Rushdie, and the book-burnings, made headlines around the world. A burned copy of the book is in the reliquary. Only five extra photos are allowed here and there isn't room to explain all of it, so if you are interested in seeing more, please visit minsky.com where there are many pages, with lots of detail photos and text. The dimensions listed are for the shipping box that contains the ten works, and there is also a 40" wide print rolled up in a tube in the box. As an installation it can take up as much or as little space as you want.
Original Created:2002
Subjects:Political
Details & Dimensions
Installation:Fabric on Canvas
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:24 W x 24 H x 17 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:No
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I've been making art and fabricating objects for six decades, using all sorts of materials and techniques, from a giant astrolabe commissioned to hang over a hotel bar to collaborating with other artists to construct installation works. Much of the art I am known for involves social commentary and working with materials that evoke the metaphor of the subject. I also create formal aesthetic works in color and spatial relationships, and produce decorative works. I am often commissioned to create bookbindings and books. These range from presentation copies for a best-selling author to prayer books for a monk, guest books for private homes, heads of government, museums, libraries, weddings, special events.... My unique and limited edition works are in more than a hundred museums and libraries in the USA and Europe, including the Victoria & Albert in London, the Metropolitan Museum in NYC, The National Gallery in Washington, the Getty Center in LA, Koninklijke Bibliotheek in Den Haag. In 2017 the Guild of Book Workers presented me with their Lifetime Achievement Award,and in 2018 I was honored as Laureate of the American Printing History Association. In 2010 Yale University mounted the exhibition Material Meets Metaphor: A Half Century of Book Art by Richard Minsky. A free PDF catalog is available for download from the Yale website http://www.library.yale.edu/arts/specialcollections/Material_Meets_Metaphor-Minsky2.pdf Yale Arts Library is home of the Richard Minsky Archive: https://web.library.yale.edu/arts/special-collections/interviews-with-richard-minsky and https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/arts.aob.0008
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