They wondered where the path would lead them

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© Krista Steinke. Image Courtesy of Light Work, Syracuse, NY. For educational purposes only.
They wondered where the path would lead them
© Krista Steinke. Image Courtesy of Light Work, Syracuse, NY. For educational purposes only.
Artist/Maker (American, born 1987)
Publisher
Date2006
MediumArchival inkjet print
DimensionsImage: 8 in. × 10 3/8 in. (20.3 × 26.4 cm) Sheet: 11 in. × 13 15/16 in. (27.9 × 35.4 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, The Wynant J. Williams '35 Art Collection Fund
Object number2020.8.17
Not on view
Description"The images in Krista Steinke’s series Backyards BBGuns and Nursery Rhymes combine the fantasy of classic children’s literature with a modern American setting. “When Krista Steinke became a mother, she joined an ancient line of parents who have examined the myths versus the realities of understanding and raising children. As she revisited Mother Goose and Grimm’s fairy tales, she became fascinated with the roles that these stories play in the behavior and development of children. As child psychologist and writer Bruno Bettelheim and others have suggested, un-bowdlerized fairy tales, which are quite violent in their original forms, can function on levels that run deeper and more productively into a child’s developing consciousness than the sanitized versions that most modern readers and filmgoers are familiar with.” — David L. Jacobs, Light Work Annual 2009" (SOURCE: Light Work, Syracuse, NY)

Additional Details

Provenance 2020: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by purchase from Light Work, Syracuse, NY.
Markings No markings noted.
Signature Signed "Krista Steinke" on verso at lower right in pencil.
Inscribed No inscriptions noted.
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