Original sketch of the Twin Towers from EWR, 3/2001
Tuesday, September 11th
SOPHOMORE YEAR | MGSA, RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, NJ
The following is a curated timeline of the original art I produced in response to the September 11th attacks on New York City and the United States. At the time I was pursuing my degree in graphic design at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University. Like many Americans, our sense of security and awareness of the world shifted dramatically that day. We gained a renewed sense of patriotism, one that the younger generation (myself included) never experienced before. The attacks affected me greatly living in the New York City metro area as a young adult entering the 'real' world. I turned to my art to document and process the events of 9/11 and the weeks and months after. All of the following drawings, sketches, photographs and objects were part of my life or were created from 2001 to 2002. I could have never imagined that I would be a blood donor instead of heading to Graphic Design class that morning. Below is my original donor card that marks that Tuesday morning in September, a day none of us could ever have imagined.
Original New York Blood Center Donor Card, Dated September 11th, 2001
The Daily Targum, September 12, 2001 Edition
College Student Technology, 2001
How I created images, saved data, got around and listened to music.
Mid 1970's Olympus SLR, Film Camera - 2001 ZIP Disk, Printed Train Schedule and a '90's era Discman.
Original 2001 September 11th Memorial Ribbon, Handmade
September 15th, 2001
STUDENT MEMORIAL AT THE LIVINGSTON DORMS, RUTGERS UNIVERSITY
Memorial Design Sketch
Final September 11th Memorial Painting
September 20th, 2001
DESIGN AND VISUAL THINKING PROJECT
Left to Right: The Attacks of September 11th on the WTC, The Nation rallies around the Flag and our Retaliation.
September 25th, 2001
GESTURE DRAWING, CIVIC SQUARE NEW BRUNSWICK
Original gesture drawings and captions, 9/25/01 – Michael Raisch © 2001
Artist Self-portrait, Undated September, 2001
Original gesture drawings, 9/25/01 – Michael Raisch © 2001
September 30, 2001
UNITED WE STAND – THE STAR LEDGER, NJ
Original 'United We Stand' Patriotic signage, The Star Ledger 2001
Patriotic Pizza, September, 2001
October
ONE MONTH AFTER THE ATTACKS
October 3rd, 2001
THE TWIN TOWERS AT NIGHT
October 7, 2001
THE UNITED STATES RETALIATES AND GOES TO WAR
Original Newsstand posting of U.S. lead airstrikes in Afghanistan, October 2001
October 10, 2001
STEEL OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER SKETCHED ON THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
Ironwork of the World Trade Center sketched over the Wall Street Journal, October 10, 2001 © Michael Raisch
October 22, 2001
PORTRAIT OF PRESIDENT BUSH ON THE COVER OF THE NEW YORK TIMES
President Bush sketched on the cover of the New York Times, October 2001 © Michael Raisch
November
TWO MONTHS AFTER THE ATTACKS
November 3rd, 2001
THE REMAINS OF THE NORTH TOWER AND FIRST RESPONDERS AT GROUND ZERO
Original sketches of First Responders at Ground Zero and the northern wall of the remains of the North Tower at the World Trade Center.
Central Park and Midtown, sketched from the MET, November 3rd, 2001
Rockefeller Plaza American Flags, November 2001
Gesture drawing of the 'Saturday Night Live' Studios, November 2001
Michael and Julie and the November 3rd dress rehearsal of SNL - John Goodman, Hosted
Print Hand out at Ground Zero, November 2001
November 18, 2001
LOWER MANHATTAN SUNRISE
Watercolor painting of Lower Manhattan, Undated 2001 © Michael Raisch
November 20, 2001
A FOREVER CHANGED SKYLINE | SKETCHED FROM NEWARK INTL AIRPORT
Sketch of the Lower Manhattan skyline forever changed, 10 Weeks after the attacks.
A return to the skies, Original Delta Airlines ticket for cross-country travel to Portland, OR for the holidays.
The Year After
A PATRIOTIC YEAR AHEAD
January 4, 2002
NEWARK INTL AIRPORT, TERMINAL A | SKETCH OF A FLAG IN MEMORIAL OF UNITED 93
A Flag in Memorial for United 93, Newark International Airport – Michael Raisch © 2002
The Unfinished Painting of the World Trade Center, Medium: Door – Michael Raisch © 2002
"Never Forget"
9/11/15 - FOURTEEN YEARS AFTER THE ATTACKS
We received a stirring email from an alum who had class here on the morning of 9/11. He created this visual timeline from 2001-2002, using art to process and document the magnitude of the event. On today’s anniversary, we thank Michael Raisch for this powerful and humbling account. –Mason Gross School of the Art - Rutgers University, September 11, 2015
