June 22-August 19, 2012 @ 707 Penn Ave. Pittsburgh, PA www.tesarfreeman.com www.sslifer.netTumblr (3.0; @slifer-freeman)http://slifer-freeman.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/51199d731ccb7f22a561294c04462f4a/tumblr_mib6ennJ181qhc0u6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://shawncreeden.tumblr.com/post/43248226129/navajo-nation-2012-13-hand-embroidery-on-canvas-99" target="_blank">shawncreeden</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span class="Apple-style-span"><em>Navajo Nation</em><br/>2012-13<br/>hand-embroidery on canvas<br/>99 “x156”</span></p> </blockquote>http://slifer-freeman.tumblr.com/post/43948648545http://slifer-freeman.tumblr.com/post/43948648545Sun, 24 Feb 2013 21:17:45 -0500shawn creedennavajo nation<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1e98816245d3f09a8bda5c818ac56f29/tumblr_mir7hhafD31r66zouo1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0b1447315ba508b8a972118aa0c37404/tumblr_mir7hhafD31r66zouo2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p><span>“The similarity to the American flag design and the striking isolation of the 3-star group and the 2-star group represent the belief of the islanders that the Government of the United States has obligations to their people, including reparations for the nuclear testing and resettlement of the Bikinians who were exiled.” -wikipedia</span></p>http://slifer-freeman.tumblr.com/post/43948223565http://slifer-freeman.tumblr.com/post/43948223565Sun, 24 Feb 2013 21:12:53 -0500bikini atollUS flagnukes<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9uged6IJb1r66zouo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>powderhorn by Gary Fiedler</p>http://slifer-freeman.tumblr.com/post/30888894585http://slifer-freeman.tumblr.com/post/30888894585Tue, 04 Sep 2012 17:15:49 -0400scrimshawpowderhornjoin or die<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8x114ZPPQ1r66zouo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>seen at Tandy Leather Company, Delmont, PA</p>http://slifer-freeman.tumblr.com/post/29638471144http://slifer-freeman.tumblr.com/post/29638471144Fri, 17 Aug 2012 16:03:04 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8ib0lEwZW1r66zouo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://slifer-freeman.tumblr.com/post/29075179043http://slifer-freeman.tumblr.com/post/29075179043Thu, 09 Aug 2012 17:14:44 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8b4udAPPZ1r66zouo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Ryan Wilson Paulsen and Anna Gray</p> <p><em><strong>We Need New Narratives</strong></em><br/>Graphite on paper<br/>39” x 58”<br/>2012</p>http://slifer-freeman.tumblr.com/post/28799364831http://slifer-freeman.tumblr.com/post/28799364831Sun, 05 Aug 2012 20:18:12 -0400Ryan wilson paulsen and anna graymemorialgrave<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m82vh4c3ig1qa5dc6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://whiteuntitled.tumblr.com/post/28482096125/the-exhibits-inflammatory-title-commission-for" target="_blank">whiteuntitled</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>“The exhibit’s inflammatory title, Commission for Treasonous Strategies, is somewhat misleading. Freeman and Slifer appear more artist/scholars than provocateurs, and the exhibit presents reminders of the violence, literal as well as ideological, that runs through American history. Done up in the elegant colors we now expect of high-end art as well as history museums, the exhibit fully exercises the art of display with decorative pedestals, brass plaques and velvet cushions that are far from typical in this contemporary art space…”</em></p> </blockquote>http://slifer-freeman.tumblr.com/post/28488001159http://slifer-freeman.tumblr.com/post/28488001159Wed, 01 Aug 2012 11:55:15 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7s9tsmxFM1r66zouo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>originally a box of tacks which was burned and fused together during the burning of one of the Pennsylvania Railroad roundhouses during the Railroad Strike/Insurrection of 1877 in Pittsburgh (on display at Heinz History Center, Pittsburgh)</p>http://slifer-freeman.tumblr.com/post/28072170846http://slifer-freeman.tumblr.com/post/28072170846Thu, 26 Jul 2012 15:51:00 -0400history museumrailroadRailroad strike 1877strikepittsburgh<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7itqkd67m1r66zouo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>gallery crawl hi-tech hijinks…</p>http://slifer-freeman.tumblr.com/post/27704942930http://slifer-freeman.tumblr.com/post/27704942930Sat, 21 Jul 2012 13:25:00 -0400anarchistHaymarketiphonezippobombhistory<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6vew0llMg1r66zouo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://slifer-freeman.tumblr.com/post/26802105865http://slifer-freeman.tumblr.com/post/26802105865Sun, 08 Jul 2012 21:59:00 -0400history museumwashingtondelawaremetropolitan museum of artpatriotgiant<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6g3fnuWXv1r66zouo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6g3fnuWXv1r66zouo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>Shapeshifter,</strong> <em>Canis latrans</em> - S. Slifer (details)</p> <p><span id="internal-source-marker_0.5658753365403547">coyote pelt, taxidermy mannequin by John Schmidt</span></p>http://slifer-freeman.tumblr.com/post/26225687256http://slifer-freeman.tumblr.com/post/26225687256Sat, 30 Jun 2012 15:28:00 -0400coyotepeltfurtaxidermyshapeshiftertrickster<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5zq61hl9Z1r66zouo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(front)</p>http://slifer-freeman.tumblr.com/post/25606618805http://slifer-freeman.tumblr.com/post/25606618805Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:20:25 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5zkk6cTeV1r66zouo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Coyote in position…</p>http://slifer-freeman.tumblr.com/post/25598683920http://slifer-freeman.tumblr.com/post/25598683920Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:19:18 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5xyp2vZo61r66zouo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://slifer-freeman.tumblr.com/post/25540405689http://slifer-freeman.tumblr.com/post/25540405689Wed, 20 Jun 2012 20:29:25 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5xynycGtm1r66zouo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://slifer-freeman.tumblr.com/post/25540362651http://slifer-freeman.tumblr.com/post/25540362651Wed, 20 Jun 2012 20:28:46 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5xufmzQXE1r66zouo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>Leviathan</em>, Thomas Hobbes (1651)</p>http://slifer-freeman.tumblr.com/post/25534543894http://slifer-freeman.tumblr.com/post/25534543894Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:57:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5umgwhOnK1r66zouo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Benedict Arnold’s Oath of Allegiance to the newly founded United States of America</p>http://slifer-freeman.tumblr.com/post/25417405991http://slifer-freeman.tumblr.com/post/25417405991Tue, 19 Jun 2012 01:12:32 -0400benedict arnold<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5u142dEvX1r66zouo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://slifer-freeman.tumblr.com/post/25387348330http://slifer-freeman.tumblr.com/post/25387348330Mon, 18 Jun 2012 17:31:14 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5pv69V0GR1r66zouo1_r2_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Discovery of Alexander Berkman’s escape tunnel, Western Penitentiary, Pittsburgh, PA. The tunnel was dug from a house on Sterling Street, across from the prison, throughout several months.In July of 1900, on the cusp of its completion, the tunnel was discovered by neighborhood children who had broken into the house - one of the children turned out to be the son of a guard at the prison. Although prison officials could never find direct evidence implicating Berkman, he was nonetheless put in solitary confinement throughout and after the investigation.</p>http://slifer-freeman.tumblr.com/post/25228604287http://slifer-freeman.tumblr.com/post/25228604287Sat, 16 Jun 2012 11:32:00 -0400berkmanpittsburghprison escapeanarchisthomestead<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5mytkbf9r1r66zouo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>studio shot w/ coyote in-progress</p>http://slifer-freeman.tumblr.com/post/25131922797http://slifer-freeman.tumblr.com/post/25131922797Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:58:32 -0400