I chose to write my gallery assignment on the exhibition, "Blind Courage and Panic Fears", by Lisa Murray. The title of the work is called Flash Cards and was done in 2000. The medium that was used for the six flash cards, that are portrayed in the exhibition, was silk screening on canvas. Each of the prints are paired with one image and a label, which is why they are called flash cards. Lisa's flash cards are very similar to the style and format of children's flashcards, in which, if a flash card is shown to someone we would recognize the picture and have an understanding for the concept of the visual symbol. Although, with Lisa's flash cards, they are very puzzling, humorous, and ambiguous when we try to decipher and categorize each individual flash card. Therefore, the subject matter in this exhibition is what each individual flash card suggests or symbolizes. …
