Jason Reblando: New Deal Utopias

April 26–November 2, 2014

City Gallery in the Historic Water Tower, 806 N. Michigan Ave.

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Jason Reblando: New Deal Utopias(click on image to enlarge)

 

During the Great Depression, the U.S. government built three planned communities of Greenbelt, Maryland; Greenhills, Ohio; and Greendale, Wisconsin. In photographing these "Greenbelt Towns," I explore the New Deal vision to resettle displaced farmers and poor urban dwellers in model cities which unified the best elements of "town" and country." I create an evocation of utopia as a place and idea in the American mind, while examining how this vision plays out in the contemporary moment. I draw inspiration for my work from my curiosity in power structures and urban planning, in order to explore the complex relationship between humans, nature and the built environment.

- Jason Reblando

 

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