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Divide & Conquer

Maureen Cummins

出版	Women's Studio Workshop, 2007
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=jpIxMQAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

"Divide and Conquer makes use of the early history of the Klan--referred to at the time as the Ku Klu--as a way to explore ideas about race, class, identity and human relationships. The physical form of the prints--inspired by the Exquisite Corpse, a game invented by the Surrealists--gives the reader/viewer the power to align and combine the printed elements in a variety of different and thought-provoking ways. I also draw upon the visual language of toys and games (the figures in my prints are meant to resemble paper dolls) to illustrate the way in which individuals were objectified and communities torn apart, divided or destroyed by the Ku Klux. Simultaneously I celebrate the lives of those individuals who, by simple acts of humanity, defied the KK's vision of racial separation and white supremacy, then later had the courage to collectively tell their stories, redefining what community could be. I have used imagery reminiscent of halos and crowns to surround these figures, who for me are like modern-day saints or martyrs"--Booklyn website