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“Dirty painful reality doesn\u2019t allow these paintings to be abstract and enjoy abstinence from that dirt and pain,” Bread & Puppet Theater Founder and Artistic Director Peter Schumann writes of his \u201cBedsheet Mitigations\u201d series. “This is sloganeering art, propaganda against the lousy capitalist system that feeds and tortures us.\u201d<\/p>\n

A portion of the series\u2014painted on king-sized sheets discarded by a hotel\u2014is on view at Fort Point\u2019s Midway Gallery<\/a> (15 Channel Center St., Boston) in collaboration with the artist collective Artspeech from July 1 through August 31, 2021. The series is accompanied by his “Crucifixion” paintings, which the Vermont artist concentrated on in February and March.<\/p>\n

Schumann writes:<\/p>\n

\u201c1) I am not a professional painter because professional painters either make or hope to make their living from painting. I am a cheap artist which means: if I sell I also want to ridicule the for-sale system of art.\u201d;\u20282) \u201cBad bedsheet research. Dumpster-retrieved bedsheets contain quantities of secret life, sweet dreams and nightmares of anonymous sleepers\u2019 lives in relation to their history and planet.\u201d;\u20283) \u201cDirty painful reality doesn\u2019t allow these paintings to be abstract and enjoy abstinence from that dirt and pain. This is sloganeering art, propaganda against the lousy capitalist system that feeds and tortures us.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Previous posts about Vermont’s Bread and Puppet Theater<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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‘Bedsheet Mitigations’ exhibition by Bread And Puppet Theater’s Peter Schumann at Midway Gallery, Boston, June 2021. (Photo by Milan Kohout)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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‘Bedsheet Mitigations’ painting by Bread And Puppet Theater’s Peter Schumann.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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‘Bedsheet Mitigations’ painting by Bread And Puppet Theater’s Peter Schumann.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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‘Bedsheet Mitigations’ painting by Bread And Puppet Theater’s Peter Schumann.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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‘Bedsheet Mitigations’ exhibition by Bread And Puppet Theater’s Peter Schumann at Midway Gallery, Boston, June 2021. (Photo by Milan Kohout)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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‘Bedsheet Mitigations’ painting by Bread And Puppet Theater’s Peter Schumann.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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“Crucifixion” painting by Bread And Puppet Theater’s Peter Schumann.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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‘Bedsheet Mitigations’ exhibition by Bread And Puppet Theater’s Peter Schumann at Midway Gallery, Boston, June 2021. (Photo by Milan Kohout)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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‘Bedsheet Mitigations’ exhibition by Bread And Puppet Theater’s Peter Schumann at Midway Gallery, Boston, June 2021. (Photo by Milan Kohout)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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“Crucifixion” painting by Bread And Puppet Theater’s Peter Schumann.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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‘Bedsheet Mitigations’ painting by Bread And Puppet Theater’s Peter Schumann.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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‘Bedsheet Mitigations’ painting by Bread And Puppet Theater’s Peter Schumann.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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‘Bedsheet Mitigations’ painting by Bread And Puppet Theater’s Peter Schumann.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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“Crucifixion” painting by Bread And Puppet Theater’s Peter Schumann.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\""Crucifixion"<\/a>
“Crucifixion” painting by Bread And Puppet Theater’s Peter Schumann.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\""Crucifixion"<\/a>
“Crucifixion” painting by Bread And Puppet Theater’s Peter Schumann.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\""Crucifixion"<\/a>
“Crucifixion” painting by Bread And Puppet Theater’s Peter Schumann.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\""Crucifixion"<\/a>
“Crucifixion” painting by Bread And Puppet Theater’s Peter Schumann.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\""Crucifixion"<\/a>
“Crucifixion” painting by Bread And Puppet Theater’s Peter Schumann.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\""Crucifixion"<\/a>
“Crucifixion” painting by Bread And Puppet Theater’s Peter Schumann.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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‘Bedsheet Mitigations’ painting by Bread And Puppet Theater’s Peter Schumann. (Photo by Milan Kohout)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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