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Page 1 of 6 Wolfsonian Museum. Thoughts on DemocracyFrom Jul 5th through Dec 7th, 2008 The Wolfsonian - Florida International University is currently exhibiting Thoughts on Democracy, an innovative initiative that brings together sixty renowned contemporary artists and designers to present original works inspired by Norman Rockwell’s Four Freedoms paintings. Thoughts on Democracy is part of Celebrating America, a series of four exhibitions on view in 2008 and 2009, that examine and celebrate the social, political, and personal American experience from the 1930s to the present.  Rockwell’s Four Freedoms paintings were first published in the Saturday Evening Post in 1943, and were later issued by the government as posters for a US war bond drive. The paintings illustrated the ideals expressed in Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s impassioned “Four Freedoms” speech to Congress in 1941, in which he envisioned a “world founded upon four essential human freedoms” - Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship, Freedom from Want, and Freedom from Fear. As illustrated by the quantity and quality of the posters that are on display, the idea behind Thoughts on Democracy was received with an outpouring of enthusiasm by the participants. Local, national, and international visual artists, graphic designers, and one poet contributed works to the project. Included in the exhibition are works by Elliott Earls, Experimental Jetset, Taku Satoh, Scott Stowell and Lawrence Weiner. The exhibition will culminate with an event celebrating democracy during Art Basel Miami Beach 2008. In conjunction with the show, The Wolfsonian is also producing limited-edition portfolios of the new works, with all proceeds benefiting the graphic arts acquisitions and curatorial and educational programs. A poster that compiles all four of Rockwell’s Four Freedoms images is on view in the museum’s permanent collection gallery. Wolfsonian Museum 1001 Washington Avenue Miami Beach, FL 33139 305.531.1001 www.wolfsonian.org |
