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shotgun house
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shotgun house
Built primarily in the rural southern regions of the United States from the late 1800s to the early 1900s, a one- or one-and-a-half-story house (commonly supported on short piers), one room wide and several rooms deep, with all rooms and their doors in a straight line perpendicular to the street; a narrow gable front with a porch, and often with a similar porch at the rear.
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Titled from a lyric by industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails, the show is an accessible and poignant exploration of social, political and religious themes through the focal point of the exhibition, the artist's take on cramped, shanty town-style accommodation, known in America as a shotgun shack.
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