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Maggie Meiners – Revisiting Rockwell
September 29, 2018 @ 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
An event every week that begins at 11:00 am on Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, repeating until October 28, 2018
In Revisiting Rockwell, Meiners has meticulously recreated scenes from Norman Rockwell’s cover illustrations for The Saturday Evening Post with her camera, reframing contemporary issues in a series of uniquely American genre scenes.
While Rockwell produced his work from staged photographs which acted as a template for his paintings and illustrations, Meiners’ Revisiting Rockwell series explores his work in a manner in which the photograph is the final product. With each scene Meiners creates, she includes a nod to dozens of the elements in Rockwell’s work. At the same time, she contemporizes his work by weaving into her images social issues and physical elements more suggestive of today. With Revisiting Rockwell Meiners explores whether the nostalgia of Rockwell’s work translates into today’s rapidly changing lifestyles. The big revelation one finds is that while the American landscape has changed many ways, there is much that remains the same.
Great article on Maggie here: Artsy article
