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Two large, woven tapestries hang side by side on a wall. The left tapestry has a bright blue background with black and white square headshots scattered throughout. In the middle are four people in front of a bookshelf and trees. The right tapestry is black-and-white and includes a border of square headshots and a newspaper article “Attention- Defence Squad Captains, 544”. The middle depicts an image of a train and landscape photographed from above.
Brooks Turner. Pedagogy and Propaganda, 2023. Installation: Perlman Teaching Museum at Carleton College. Photo: Eric Mueller.
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A dye-sublimated print on satin includes a number of prominent businessmen and government officials politically active in Minnesota in the 1930s. Small white text above each figure identifies who they are. of the time in a large stone room with elaborate decorative ceiling and rows of red seating on the left and right. Imagery throughout includes bloody deer carcasses, rifles, and American flags.
Elk’s Lodge, 2020. Installation: Perlman Teaching Museum at Carleton College, Pedagogy and Propaganda, 2023. Photo: Eric Mueller
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An establishing view of a gallery with wooden floors and grey walls. On the wall hang eight dye-sublimated prints on satin. Their imagery is drawn from historical newspapers, combined with the artist’s illustrations. These artworks track the rise of fascist organizations and ideologies in Minnesota in the 1930s, in particular, the pro-Nazi organization the Silver Legion of America (or Silvershirts).

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

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