Monticello, 2002, cotton, tobacco, hay, cardboard.

Inspired by the photo archive "Without Sanctuary" curated by James Allan. Monticello installation is a meticulous reconstruction of Thomas Jefferson's beloved home Monticello using cash crops: cotton and tobacco considered to be commodities like the slaves he owned. The installation is a satire, setting the viewer up as a tourist to Monticello and sending them off with a souvenir postcard. Only the postcards on display are from actual lynching postcards from 1882-1968.

Photos by Helen McGrath