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    Asylum: Inside the Closed World of State Mental Hospitals

    Asylum: Inside the Closed World of State Mental Hospitals Image gallery

    Presented by Drexel University - Leonard Pearlstein Gallery at Drexel University - Leonard Pearlstein Gallery

    September 26-October 29, 2011


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    In Asylum: Inside the World of State Mental Hospitals, Christopher Payne’s photographs challenge the common portrayal of mental hospitals as places of nightmarish squalor and abuse, as often seen in popular media. The photographs will recognize these institutions that were once monuments of civic pride, built with noble intentions by leading architects and physicians, who envisioned the asylums as a place of refuge, therapy and healing.


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      • Venue Info

        Drexel University - Leonard Pearlstein Gallery

        33rd Street and Market Street
        The Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts and Design, Nesbitt Hall
        Philadelphia, PA 19104

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      • Admission Info

        Tickets:

        FREE!

        Info Phone: 215-895-2548

      • Dates & Times

        Dates:
        September 26-October 29, 2011

        Times:

        11 am-5 pm
        Opening Reception October 5, 5-7 pm


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