A journal of rediscovery
– Poor Yorick is proud to introduce our partner Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery (RAMM) located in Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom. RAMM’s statement of purpose summarizes the museum’s missions and reputation: The Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery (RAMM) is a service of Exeter City Council. It
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This essay and slide show about abandoned horse-racing tracks explores meeting points of nature and public space. … Continue readingThe Hoofprint of History by Jonathan Silverman
by Catherine D’Andrea – According to Leonardo Da Vinci, force is “a spiritual power, incorporeal and invisible, which with brief life is produced”1. Though just a partial sketch, “Figures to Represent Labor” demonstrates the artist’s understanding of force and anatomy, mass and gravity, vectors and torque. It is not complete and
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Nance Van Winckel’s visual poems reframe information and graphics in a 1947 encyclopedia and create a new sense of knowledge. … Continue readingVisual Poems by Nance Van Winckel
A Q&A by Leslie Lindenauer – PY: Your pieces published in Poor Yorick come from a series of digital photo-collage pieces taken from a current project entitled The Book of No Ledge. Can you talk about your artistic statement in this series? NVW: In my dialogue with this encyclopedia (circa
by Caroline Lodge A Line of Destroyers, 1917 How brightly the light reflects off the sea this morning! Even with my hand flat above my eyes I can scarcely make out the ships, shimmering against the early light, fractured, unresolved. I can’t count them, six, seven, eight or more giants, their
by Melissa Gordon – Qin Shi Huang Di, the First Emperor of Qin, took the throne in China in 246 BCE at the age of thirteen. He is credited for building the first version of the Great Wall of China as well as being the first emperor to unify the
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Photographer Holly Gordon illuminates an underground army which has protected an Emperor for over 2,000 years. … Continue readingTerracotta Warriors of Xi’an
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by Rob McMahon – Lauren Rusk’s poem “Sight Unseen” tells the respective stories of Juan de Oñate and his deeds following the battle at Acoma and the small band of American Indians who sought justice for Oñate’s acts. In January 1998, on the fourth centennial of the Acoma Pueblo massacre,
Continue readingRediscovered Stories: The History Behind a Statue’s Desecration