Fortress Gate (Gemütlichkeit) (detail)
Wood Headboard, Cork, Book, Paint, T-Strap Gate Hinges, Tacks, Clips, Refrigerator Door Handle, Vintage Press Photos, Vintage Magazine Clippings, Printed Brochure Clippings, Book Page, Vintage Postcard, Personal Document Clippings, and QR Code
57.5” x 34" x 8.5"
2024
Image Description: A close up image shows a sample of overlapping and laminated documents alongside paper clippings of text attached with metal clips and tacks. Magazine and press photos include lines such as “At the start, appalling gallery of madness”. A text description of a TV special presents Dr. Howard A. Rusk as an “apostle for the disabled” and describes "the need to restore serious disabled persons to a useful, rewarding life". Another clipping from a psycho-educational evaluation lines up with the phase “Living Life the Autly Way”.