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Broward County Libraries Division’s
Bienes Center for the Literary Arts
The Dianne and Michael Bienes Special Collections and Rare
Book Library (Ft.
Lauderdale, FL)
presents:
The Game of War: Books, Toys, and
Propaganda from The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Study Centre
September 12, 2006-January 8, 2007
The exhibition of wartime propaganda, with about 50 items
dating from the Boer War (1899-1902) to World War II (1939-1945) was originally
curated by a team of 11 students from Miami
Dade College
and New World School of the Arts. It features a
diverse collection of wartime propaganda, including books, toy, games, paintings,
puzzles, puppets, posters, postcards, and advertisements, much of it instructional
and aimed at children. The display visually expresses the evolution of
societies under pressure from strong leadership in cultures dominated by fear
and uncertainty.
Showcased are satirical and disturbing objects such as
caricatured puppets of Hitler and other high-ranking Nazis, an Italian poster
advertising gas masks, and a selection of books from France,
Czechoslovakia, the U.S., and Germany highlighting the effort to
market war to children and adults.
For the Broward Bienes Center
event, the exhibit has been enhanced with items from the collection of the Broward
County Library’s Bienes
Center.
A public reception
for The Game of War, co-sponsored
by the Fontaneda Society: Book Collectors of South Florida, will be held from 7
to 9 p.m. on October 19 at the library. Students who created the original
exhibit, Dean of Visual Arts at New
World School
of the Arts Maggy Cuesta, and Wolfson Centre curator Lea Nickless will
participate in a panel discussion about the installation.
The exhibition is a collaborative effort of New World School
of the Arts, The University of Florida, Miami
Dade College,
Broward County Library’s Bienes
Center for the Literary
Arts, and the Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Study Centre.
A small, four-color printed Bienes Center
exhibition catalog documenting the exhibition will be for sale for $15.00 on
October 19, 2006.
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