Sue Patterson
The Model of Models
with Blaise Tobia & Mark Campbell, 1995
Crimes & Punishments Exhibition, Philadelphia Art Alliance
Shelf texts are excerpts from Italo Calvino, The model of models, from Mr. Palomar, 1983, Harcourt, Brace & Company.
Central sculpture is a model of Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia, PA, created by Mark Campbell.
Framed wall pieces: printed by Blaise Tobia; created in a collaborative process with Sue Patterson and Mark Campbell. Law reference 'column'.
Framed wall pieces: printed by Blaise Tobia; created in a collaborative process with Sue Patterson and Mark Campbell
Silkscreen on metal shelves, multiple excerpts from Italo Calvino, The model of models, from Mr. Palomar, 1983, Harcourt, Brace & Company, and miniature plans of other prisons modeled after Eastern State Penitentiary.
Replica of alphabet numeric knocking code for inter-cell communication, silkscreen on mylar.
"Model of Models" (Eastern State Penitentiary from the Guard Tower) Blaise Tobia © 2000, four 36x36-inch Novajet prints.
