The Collection Speaks

I was invited to create a project for the 30th anniversary of the Berman Museum at Ursinus College. From the 8000 artworks and artifacts in the museum’s eclectic collection, I selected thirty pieces—some by signature artists in the collection, others by anonymous craftspeople.

Looking through the storage vaults I couldn't help but wonder what these things say to us (and to each other) when they venture from their quite hibernation. The modernist bronze figure, the Victorian bathing suit, the painted egg. They carry with them so many questions about our attempt to imagine a past and a future that inevitably eludes us.