Marwencol (art installation)

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Marwencol is a miniature town in Kingston, New York created by the American artist Mark Hogancamp (born c. 1961/1962). On April 8, 2000, Mark Hogancamp was attacked outside of a bar by five men who beat him nearly to death after he drunkenly told them he was a cross-dresser. After nine days in a coma and 40 days in the hospital, Hogancamp was discharged with brain damage that left him little memory of his previous life. Previously, Hogancamp had served in the United States Navy and had dealt with bouts of alcoholism and a divorce. An avid drawer, he worked as a carpenter designing retail showrooms for a lighting company in the early 1990s that drew war scenes in his spare time; as a result of the damage to the left side of his brain, he lost the ability to draw, although his previous drawings and diary entries helped save him from having no record of his previous life. All five men were convicted, although only three served jail time. Due to his Medicaid running out, he returned home but...

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