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21st-Century Abe was active February 12, 2009-August 31, 2009.

To mark Lincoln’s 200th birthday we explored why we in the 21st century are still obsessed with this 19th-century man. Abe is everywhere, from advertising to political punditry. What does this popular Abe have to do with the historical Abe? 21st-Century Abe took six months to tackle these questions. We asked scholars and artists to get the ball rolling, but visitor responses have defined 21st-Century Abe.

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Blog

The 21st-Century Abe blog is the place to find out what’s been happening on 21stcenturyabe.org and what fun, exciting or downright ridiculous things the curatorial team have discovered in their search for Lincoln.

The blog is no longer being updated. But please check out our older posts.

Our Funders

This project has been funded by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through the Heritage Philadelphia Program with additional support from the Marketing Innovation Program. Additional support has come from the Samuel S. Fels Fund and The Raab Collection.

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June Contest Winner

By: Kathy Haas
July 1, 2009

Congratulations to Brian McDermott of New Jersey, his Abe Remixed is the June Winner of the 21st-Century Abe Original Media Contest.  He describes the work: “The concept behind this poster design is to portray Lincoln as an engaging, complex and multi-layered figure — one that compliments an engaging, complex and multi-layered modern world. A testimony to why he is so revered to this day. This design embeds Lincoln’s likeness within a contemporary design aesthetic, while a subtle patterned overlay that features the key words “art”, “create” and “liberty” provides a context of what Lincoln embodied and stood for — and still stands to this day. Lincoln was a visionary in every sense of the word.”

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Congratulations again Brian! Also, please remember there is still time to submit original work for the July monthly contest, just go to the Create section to make a poster, be a pundit, or upload your own original work.

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  1. Kathleen Sullivan 7:50 am

    Thought provoking, refocusing, nice work.

  2. Margaret McDermott 10:11 am

    Striking, artistic, fresh, fantastic representation.

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