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Series TitleArchitect's Brother

Artist Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison (Robert (American, born 1968); Shana (American, born 1964))

Date2000

MediumGelatin silver print with mixed media

DimensionsFramed: 46 3/4 x 40 1/2 x 2 1/4 inches (118.75 x 102.87 x 5.72 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.176

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Photography

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DescriptionSurreal image of a man planting a barren tree on top of a large ball of dirt being held up by sticks.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Re-thought and Re-seen: 21^st Century Photographers Using 19^th Century Processes. Gallery of Art, University of Missouri, Kansas City, October 12 - December 14, 2001, hors cat.

Celebrating a Grand Gift: The Hallmark Photographic Collection. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, January 10 – April 30, 2006, no cat.

Rotation 1. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, June 17 – October 25, 2007, no cat.

Restoration: Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, October 11, 2008 – February 8, 2009.

Gallery Label

The collaborative team of Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison use a pre-modern kind of photographic magic to create postmodern visions. Robert ParkeHarrison himself plays the central role in these allegories: a combination jester, prophet and Everyman given the task of healing a ravaged world.

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