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visual artist and painter
"Taking Measure Across the American Landscape" is an extension of the Lincoln Project, a painting exhibition that appeared at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois in February 2009 and the Union League Club in Chicago in July 2009. The research project was begun in 2002 after meeting with Thomas Schwartz, the Illinois State Historian and viewing the Abraham Lincoln archives. [see Lincoln Museum Video]
This is a project that will address the interelationships between the power of a cultural icon, well being in a civil society, contemporary aesthetics, and the individual process of conceptually mapping a landscape. By retracing the route Abraham Lincoln traveled from Springfield, Illinois to Washington D.C. after he was elected, it is my intent to draw attention to the principles he advocated such as civil and human rights and the rule of law in a free society. I intend to explore this journey as a symbolic path investigating the impact Lincoln has had on public and personal mythologies on American history and to survey the present conditions of these landscapes. [see WTTW Video]
E: pollackdna@comcast.net
W: www.MuseumInTrust.com
The Lincoln Project, Taking Measure Across America is a process art project involving bicycling 1600 miles from Springfield, Illinois to Washington D.C. following Lincoln's inaugural train route and recording the present day condition of the landscape, it is subtitled, "A Mile for Your Penny" and is also raising money by asking for a donation of a 'penny for a mile' to help fund Cancer research.
[A check can be made out to the ‘Lance Armstrong Foundation’ or the ‘Livestrong’ foundation and sent to
Don Pollack, c/o Illinois Institute of Art-Chicago, 180 N.Wabash Avenue, Chicago, IL 60301 ]
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