Art Museum Show
Human Family: Works on Paper by Otávio Roth
Union
Kean University
Human Family: Works on Paper by Otávio Roth shares the artist’s 1978 series of prints illustrating all thirty articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a statement of self-determination inspired by our nation’s founding documents.
Sept 28th 5:30 to 8:30pm
![On the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, we celebrate the myriad of self-determination statements it has inspired globally. The 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was the international community's response to the atrocities committed during World War II. In 1978, artist and educator Otávio Roth created a series of woodcut prints on handmade paper illustrating all thirty articles of the UDHR, commissioned by the United Nations. All thirty prints, documentary photographs, and a participatory art installation called A Árvore [The Tree] will be on display.
We invite people to come to the Opening Reception on September 28 at 5:30-7:30 PM.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/676c76_7c5bc4e479584beca8a9d270b5521334~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_438,h_616,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/Image-empty-state.png)
Article 3, from the series The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (English edition), Otávio Roth, 1978, linocut on handmade paper. Courtesy of the Acervo Otávio Roth Collection. © Otávio Roth / Acervo Otávio Roth.
On the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, we celebrate the myriad of self-determination statements it has inspired globally. The 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was the international community's response to the atrocities committed during World War II. In 1978, artist and educator Otávio Roth created a series of woodcut prints on handmade paper illustrating all thirty articles of the UDHR, commissioned by the United Nations. All thirty prints, documentary photographs, and a participatory art installation called A Árvore [The Tree] will be on display.
We invite people to come to the Opening Reception on September 28 at 5:30-7:30 PM.
1000 Morris Avenue, Union, NJ 07083