THE ANTHRACITE HERITATE MUSEUM is pleased to share Paradise by Zach Horn, a contemporary art exhibition about the United Mine Workers of America. This show chronicles the tribulations of present day coal communities. Centering on Cumberland Mine in Waynesburg, PA, the artwork captures the pride and fear of the people who depend on soft coal. This exhibition features three interview-based animations, as well as nineteen lasercut abstractions of historic mines in Pennsylvania.
ZACH HORN is an artist, focused on the rights of working people. He has exhibited widely, throughout the United States and abroad. Highlights include solo shows at Työväenmuseo Werstas (Tampere, Finland), Grand Central Madison (New York, NY), Museum of Work & Culture (Woonsocket, RI), Czong Institute for Contemporary Art, (Gimpo-si, South Korea), University of Maine Museum of Art (Bangor, ME), and RARE Gallery (New York, NY). Zach received his BA from the University of Pennsylvania and his MFA from Boston University. He is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.