Object 91: Steve Keene Paintings for WTJU

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This placard by Steve Keene, a spoof on Norman Rockwell's famous Freedom of Speech from 1943, was painted sometime in the early 1990s for a WTJU Rock Marathon. Once a DJ for the station, Keene found artistic success first in Charlottesville, then in Brooklyn, mastering what one critic has called an outsider, "slightly manic" style that emphasizes quick and cheap production. 

Two wooden sandwich boards with painted images: one with a headless couple serving a banquet, the other showing several men and the label WTJU Rock Marathon.
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Photo by Stacey Evans
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100 Objects: Carousel
Two wooden sandwich boards with painted images: one with a headless couple serving a banquet, the other showing several men and the label WTJU Rock Marathon.