Political Art at Allegheny College, Meadville PA
by Bill Cravis
Tuesday, Feb. 01, 2005 at 7:02 AM
wcravis@andrew.cmu.edu
"plenty scarce" is an art installation mourning the fact communication lines, between the united states and much of the rest of the world, have been severed in the past four years. exhibition dates: January 25 - March 2, 2005. Artist: Bill Cravis, Carnegie Mellon MFA program.

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ceramic motor oil containers
by Bill Cravis
Tuesday, Feb. 01, 2005 at 7:02 AM
wcravis@andrew.cmu.edu

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with the reelection of G.W.Bush and the consequent ascension of Condoleezza Rice to the key diplomatic office of Secretary of State, we become increasingly cut off from our global neighbors. These "contemporary artifacts" provide a durable record of the ideologies that dominate our existing culture.
mute telephone (solid rubber)
by Bill Cravis
Tuesday, Feb. 01, 2005 at 7:02 AM
wcravis@andrew.cmu.edu

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a fifty-foot latex surgical hose, in place of the standard phone chord, snakes indeterminately on the gallery floor.
hand with scissors
by Bill Cravis
Tuesday, Feb. 01, 2005 at 7:02 AM
wcravis@andrew.cmu.edu

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prior to november 2, 2004, our global neighbors were able to make a distinction between the PEOPLE of the United States and the GOVERNMENT of the United States. Can we possibly expect the same goodwill now?