Orlando Museum of Art

Scenes from Jesusland documents the spectacle of a Christian theme park located in Orlando, Florida. Humor and irony are combined within a documentary approach to examine hyperreality and the appropriation of Bible narratives. E. Brady Robinson focuses on the theatrical setting, which includes a replica of ancient Jerusalem, biblical exhibits and tourist interactions with the simulated environment. These images examine the curious crossroad of religion with tourism and commodity culture. This project started in 2006 when Robinson purchased a Jerusalem Gold Pass for $100, granting free year round admission to the Holy Land Experience located across from the Mall at Millennia in Orlando, Florida.

Robinson was born in Winchester, Virginia in 1970. She received her BFA in photography from The Maryland Institute, College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland and her MFA in photography from Cranbrook Art Academy in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Her photographs have been exhibited nationally at The Aspen Art Museum, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, American University Art Museum Katzen Arts Center and Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts. Her work has been reviewed in The Washington Post, Washington City Paper, DCist, DC Express and Afterimage. Select exhibitions include: Art Now Miami 2008, ZONES Contemporary Art Miami 2007, Heineman Myers Contemporary Art in Bethesda, Maryland, Strand on Volta, Troyer Gallery and Flashpoint Gallery in Washington, DC, and The Spanish Cultural Center, DR. Robinson resides in Orlando, Florida. She is Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator of the MFA in Studio Art and the Computer Graduate Program at University of Central Florida.

This exhibition is part of the OMA’s new program, New Work: A Series of Monthly Exhibitions of Contemporary Art. This
ongoing monthly exhibition series features new work by contemporary artists from Florida and around the country,
emphasizing work that explores new media, installations and collaborative projects.

Images:

• E. Brady Robinson, Pepsi Via Dolorosa, 2008, ink jet print, 20 x 30 in.,  Collection of the artist.
• E. Brady Robinson, Climbing Wall and Noah’s Ark, 2008, ink jet print, 20 x 30 in., Collection of the artist.
• E. Brady Robinson, Jerusalem Model A.D. 66, 2008, ink jet print, 20 x 27 in., Collection of the artist.
   

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