Ransoming Mathew Brady
Shooting2007, oil, 3 panels, 62x144 inchesmy right hand neverwent to sleep2006, watercolor, 15x22 inchesBrady Through a Glass Door2006, oil, 70x40 inchesThe Dialogue Between Mathew Brady & His Body2005, oil, 2 panels, 50x100 inchesI WASTRIPODCAMERAand publicist as well2006, watercolor, 15x22 inchesShooting Eyes2007, oil, 50x60 inchesMyopic Close-up of Death at Chickamauga (September 20, 1863)2007, oil, 40x50 inchesChoreographing the Dead at the Wilderness (May 6, 1864)2007, oil, 2 panels, 30x35 inches overallScattered Parts at Murfreesboro ( January 1, 1863)2007, oil, 34x39 inchesAntietam in Smoke (September 17, 1862)2007, oil, 46x62 inchesFallen at Shiloh (April 6, 1862)2007, oil, 46x62 inchesDead Erect: Chancellorsville (May 3, 1863)2007, oil, 50x60 inches
Mathew Brady
(May 18, 1822-January 15, 1896) American photographer and artist who wanted to make history. He catapulted his subjects into celebrity and is best known today for his epic photos of the Civil War. Paradoxically, Brady sent assistants to photograph his most famous scenes—the battlefields at Gettysburg, Vicksburg, and Antietam—instructing them to re-arrange and photograph the dead in order to create images that would enhance public notions about death and dying.
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Shooting2007, oil, 3 panels, 62x144 inches