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Caption: Art installation created by artist Anne Jenkins
Delaware Fellow of the Arts - Folk Art 2013
All Rights Reserved The Underground Railroad
Caption: Journey through history ... The Underground Railroad experience in 7 burlap panels.
Http://AnneJenkinsArt.com
Cover photo of the installation at 3-month show at the
Biggs Museum of American Art in Dover, Delaware
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Caption: The burlap color changes from dark to light as the journey unfolds
Caption: Panel 1 :
Torn from home
Watercolor and charcoal on paper sealed on to the burlap . Weighted by chains
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Caption: Panel 2 :
Sold at the Slave market
Acrylic on unstretched canvas stitched on to the burlap with twine. Weighted by chains
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Caption: Panel 3 :
The Plantation
Watercolor and charcoal on paper sealed on to the burlap. Weighted by chains
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Caption: Panel 4 :
The Desperate escape begins ... Darkness, fear, bounty hunters and a light signals a safe haven
Charcoal triptych sealed on to the burlap. Weighted by marble and stones
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Caption: Panel 5 :
Trust ... Seeking safety. It takes immense courage to ask for help when you have just escaped a living hell
Acrylic on unstretched canvas stitched on to the burlap with twine weighted with marble
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Caption: Panel 6 :
Sensing freedom
Acrylic on unstretched canvas stitched with twine weighted with marble
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Caption: Many routes went through marshes or across rivers
Caption: Panel 7:
Freedom
Acrylic on unstretched canvas stitched with twine and not weighted
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Caption: Please Help me get this installation in to an appropriate museum, thank you
Http://AnneJenkinsArt.com
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