Take A Closer Look To Get This Artist’s Message

Image: Ricky Rhodes for The New York Times

New York artist David Opdyke’s massive new artwork, This Land, is over 16 feet wide and 8 feet tall and is made up of 500 vintage postcards, each one portraying a slice of idealized Americana. A closer look reveals that he has painted over each one to depict a future of environmental chaos. You can see the piece at an exhibition opening Jan. 25 (through Feb. 27) at the University of Michigan’s Institute for the Humanities in Ann Arbor.

Image: Ricky Rhodes for The New York Times

Image: Ricky Rhodes for The New York Times

Go to Opdyke's website to see an interactive version.
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