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20th Century Art At The Museum Of Fine Arts, Houston

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...from every viewer, which is one of the reasons it’s so fascinating. This paper responds to three different 20th century works at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston.
Discussion
The first work is entitled Juárez/El Paso (Boxcar) and is by James Drake. It was done during the period 1986-88 and is a large work, measuring 69 x 110 x 30 in. (Drake). The drawing is charcoal on paper mounted on steel frame with mixed media (coal, railroad spikes, crowbar) (Drake). The drawing itself is mounted on the wall and underneath it, a pile of coal with railroad spike and a crowbar is heaped on the floor.
The first reaction one might have is that it’s a depiction of the railroad cars used to transport the Jews to concentration camps throughout Europe, and the coal on the floor represents the human ashes from the ovens. But looking at the title means that the viewer has to rethink the impression, to another group of oppressed people: the...

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