Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Terra Museum exhibition tells story of Lady Liberty

Right about now - in her centennial - the Statue of Liberty seems tobe suffering from commercial overexposure.

It may be impossible to have too much liberty, but the LadyLiberty hype has reached critical mass. One bright spot seems to beat the Terra Museum of American Art. Terra's "Liberties withLiberty" exhibition explores the statue not solely as a symbol offreedom, but as a synthesis of symbols (some dating to the OldTestament) as well.

The exhibit includes 85 paintings, sculptures, weathervanes,coverlets, trade signs and examples of needlework and scrimshaw artcreated between 1750 and 1984. The show, sponsored by the XeroxFoundation, displays the many ways the …

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