Joshua D's Wall
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Hiram Butler Gallery
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Michael Petry’s work Joshua D’s Wall was commissioned by the Palm Springs Art Museum in 2012, and sections of the wall have been shown in Venice, Houston, Santa Fe, Stavanger and Stockholm. It is based on the creation myth found in the Christian, the Muslim and the Jewish faiths, of Joshua and the battle of Jericho. In the story, Joshua blows the walls of the city down and then is instructed to kill all the citizens, children and animals, destroy the city brick by brick and salt the earth, which he does. This has created a textual document used to claim the right to cause the death of others at the word of a deity. In this case the same deity and the resultant trouble between these religions Joshua D's Wall has been installed at
The Fine Art Society 29 February - 24 March, 2016 Download PDF Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston August 4 – September 28, 2013 View Exhibition Catalogue Hå Gamle Prestegard 2013 Zane Bennett Contemporary Art, Santa Fe October 26 – November 23, 2012 Download PDF |
Palm Springs Art Museum, 2012 and Venice, Italy
Hiram Butler Gallery, 2013
Hå Gamle Prestegard, 2013
Zane Bennett Contemporary , 26 October - 23 November, 2012
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