Word: schuleit
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Though artists are often famous for walking the fine line between genius and insanity, the latest MacArthur Award winner Anna Schuleit has taken this phrase to its literal conclusion—transforming deserted psychiatric wards into works of art. A graduate of RISD and Dartmouth and currently a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute, the German-born Anna Schuleit decided to create art from state mental hospitals because of her own fascination with the history of psychiatry. “What happens to people in their society when other people tell them they’re not sane anymore...
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