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"Cooperative Work" Print
United States
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16 x 20 in ($128)
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About The Artwork
I have lived among the Amish several times in my life, totaling 15 years of interaction. They still have the practical tradition of raising a barn in one day and finishing before dark. The owners provide materials and meals, the community provides labor. This sets up and obligation for the owners to help with the next barn raising. At one time this was common in both Amish and non-Amish communities, but the sense of Zusammenarbeit (cooperative work) among the “English” has faded. One of the greatest praises an Amishman can speak of an “English” is “Er is en faehicher schreiner” (He is an able carpenter), or “Sie scheie nicht sich vun haddiarewat.” (They don’t shy away from hard work). There's a cliché of depicting Amish subject matter in broad, flat areas reflecting the "Plain People". I went instead for a very busy sky, creating a sense of urgency - storm coming?
Details & Dimensions
Print:Giclee on Canvas
Size:16 W x 20 H x 1.25 D in
Size with Frame:17.75 W x 21.75 H x 1.25 D in
Frame:White
Canvas Wrap:Black Canvas
Ready to Hang:Yes
Packaging:Ships in a Box
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“I create convergent media art that celebrates the values of rural life and of the land itself, that fosters a sense of self-empowerment, self-love, self-representation, community, and the strengths of traditional cultures. My work explores the relationship between both high and low technology cultures, ethnic and class identities, shamanic tourism, and an expanding sense of the natural and supernatural worlds. As a verbal and visual storyteller, I strive to commit my rich and varied life experiences to canvas and paper, sharing the ceremonial life of indigenous communities in both normal and visionary time, and exploring concepts of strength and vulnerability through treatments of my royal, noble, and humble ancestors. What starts out as contemplation becomes, I hope, a portal for the viewer to briefly enter another reality, leaving only a sense of a picture album of the road not taken and a eulogy for the self-imposed limits of our existence.” Books "ESCAPE From the Darkroom! - Old-School Principles Applied to Modern Digital Photography" [2013] https://amazon.com/dp/1484840011/ “GeoHypnotics: A Gentle Way to Access Deeper Consciousness” [2016] Four volumes https://www.amazon.com/dp/1530632501/ ; https://www.amazon.com/dp/1530640121/; https://www.amazon.com/dp/1530644690/ ; https://www.amazon.com/dp/1530786126/ https://amazon.com/author/brianwilkes
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