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Above: The
Bill of Rights exhibition at the Louis K. Meisel Gallery
141 Prince Street, New York City
April 27 - June 1, 2002
Read the review in The New York Times
Read the Review in the St.
Paul Pioneer Press
Read the Article in Fine
Books & Collections
See
where else this exhibition has been
The Bill of Rights edition is in the permanent collections of
The Morgan Library & Museum
Yale University
The Art Institute of Chicago
THE BILL OF
RIGHTS
limited edition set
Motto from the title page
of An Historical Review of the Constitution and Government of
Pennsylvania,
an anonymous book published in 1759, attributed to Benjamin Franklin
and Richard Jackson.
The quote is from a letter sent to the Governor by the Assembly,
November 11, 1755.
A 40" wide print is included with the edition, inkjet on paper.
Look at detailed photos and specifications of individual works by clicking the images below.
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Since 1993 Richard Minsky has been working on a series about The Bill of Rights. The current offering is a set of ten bookworks. |
You can also view the earlier unique objects, representing the first, second, and eighth amendments. They are not the works which are included in this edition. Scroll down to see the current works. |
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Reliquary
for
the Ashes of Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses.
Upon publication the author lost the freedoms of Press, Religion, Speech and Assembly in some countries. The Fatwah issued on Rushdie and the book-burnings made headlines around the world.
Gathering Storm: America's Militia Threat
by Morris Dees with James Corcoran
Morris Dees is the Chief Trial Counsel of the Southern Poverty Law Center. This book documents the hate group roots of the militia movement.
Seven Days in
May
by Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey
with a dvd of the film starring Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas
directed by John Frankenheimer, screenplay by Rod Serling
The Third Amendment sets a clear boundary on military authority. In this classic story the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is seeking to quarter himself in The White House.
Neuromancer
by William Gibson
The novel that introduced us to Cyberspace. Every day there are more issues about government searches of our emails, web habits, and hard drives.
BRANCHES
by Mitch Cullin
illustrated by Ryuzo Kikushima
Written in the first person as the story of a Sheriff in Texas who is judge, jury and executioner. Each copy of the book has 9mm bullet holes shot through the cover, a Sheriff badge, and the title is affixed as a name badge. This edition of Branches includes color prints of the 16 illustrations, tipped in over the black and white reproductions in the book.
The
Run of His Life : The People v. O.J. Simpson
by Jeffrey Toobin.
This was the most public trial in history, with many questions about the jury, witnesses and defense counsel. It occupied the television networks day and night. Before the trial began, the author wrote in The New Yorker that the defense would play the "race card" and claim Mark Fuhrman was a racist who was framing Simpson because he was black.
The
Litigation Explosion:
What Happened When America Unleashed the Lawsuit
by Walter K. Olson
In 1789 twenty dollars went a long way. Since the 1970's "civil" lawsuits have flooded the judicial system. Now a multibillion dollar business, the litigation industry proceeds on flimsy pretexts, preceding a search for evidence.
Forlorn
Hope: The Prison Reform Movement
by Larry E. Sullivan
During the 1990's the drive toward prison reform reversed. Prison
libraries were closed, chain gangs and striped uniforms came back, and
prison populations increased.
The Right to Privacy
by Ellen Alderman and
Caroline Kennedy.
We all assume we have a right to privacy,
but every day that right seems to diminish. From our personal data on
the internet to telemarketing at dinnertime, we are barraged. And that's
just the tip of it. This book identifies many serious legal issues
surrounding privacy considerations.
USSC No. 00-949
by
The Supreme Court of The United States of America
This is the decision of the Supreme Court in the landmark case that determined the outcome of the 2000 election, Bush vs. Gore. This ruling, overturning a decision of the Florida Supreme Court, is arguably the most significant Federal intervention in states' rights in modern history.
More details and photos of The Bill of Rights limited edition set
The Bill of
Rights edition is in the permanent collections of
Yale University
The Art Institute of Chicago
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