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A black and white, historical photograph of two men sitting in the shade of a tree is translated into the medium of tapestry. Black text in a typewriter font runs across the bottom and reads “It is a pedagogical task”.
Brooks Turner. A Pedagogical Task, 2023 (detail). Installation: Perlman Teaching Museum at Carleton College, Pedagogy and Propaganda, 2023. Photo: Eric Mueller
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A pair of tapestries hang side by side. They depict a black-and-white photo of an officer pointing a gun at a group of men wielding baseball bats. There is a blue treescape background. The upper corners of the scene look as if they are torn off, revealing an image of a crowd gathered in a city street and a group of women running a canteen for striking laborers.
Brooks Turner. The Battle of Deputies Run, 1934, 2023. Installation: Perlman Teaching Museum at Carleton College, Pedagogy and Propaganda, 2023. Photo: Eric Mueller
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A corner view of three large-scale, woven tapestries mounted to gallery walls. The left textile is a black-and-white image of an officer pointing a gun at a group of men with baseball bats; the background is a wooded area tinted blue. The works on the right wall are a pair which both include black-and-white, historical imagery of figures set against intricate floral backgrounds.The work on the right depicts a funeral procession, and text like a newspaper headline above reads “VOTERS IN REVOLT”.

Brooks Turner. Pedagogy and Propaganda, 2023. Installation: Perlman Teaching Museum at Carleton College. Photo: Eric Mueller.

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