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Old Abe, “Yankee Buzzard,” all fixed up

Posted in Happening Now at the RBSC, STAFF PICS on Tuesday, March 20th, 2012

Describing some rooms and areas of the RBSC by conventional room functions doesn’t always make sense. Such is the case with “the living room” and “the dining room,” identified as such due to the dining table in the former and the sofa in the latter, both of which are so covered with objects, that eating […]



Installing the Barcelona Table

Posted in STAFF PICS on Wednesday, March 16th, 2011

I’ve often started tours of the RBSC by gathering a group around the Barcelona table in the living room, using it to introduce the logic behind the formation of Roger Brown’s collection. Located centrally in the living room of Roger Brown’s former Chicago home, the Barcelona Table and the objects on it reveal the convergence […]



The SUPER DIMENSION LIVING NATURAL COLOR 3·D COLLECTOR POSTCARD

Posted in STAFF PICS on Wednesday, February 9th, 2011

The SUPER DIMENSION LIVING NATURAL COLOR 3·D COLLECTOR POSTCARD of a stoic Jesus Christ watching over cars on a highway caught my eye on my first visit to the Roger Brown Study Collection in 2004. Installed near Brown’s kitchen sink in what seems to be a Christian-ephemera-themed corner, the object is placed in close proximity […]