Exhibition opening at Bryn Mawr College January 22nd
The creative vitality of the continually evolving uprisings commonly referred to as the Arab Spring is captured in this immersive multimedia exhibition on loan from the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. The exhibition’s curator, Christiane Gruber, Associate Professor of Islamic Art at the University of Michigan, will give the exhibition’s opening talk Thursday evening, January 22nd. Professor Gruber has published widely on contemporary issues in Islamic art, including a recent piece in Newsweek on the history of images of Mohammed in Islamic art
Along with the exhibition, Bryn Mawr is welcoming Ganzeer, one of the artists whose work figured prominently in the uprisings against the Mubarak and military governments in Egypt. Ganzeer will be meeting with classes and informal groups during the last week of January, and will give a public talk Monday evening, January 26, and participate in a public conversation on Tuesday, January 27th. The College has just acquired Ganzeer’s new set of silkscreen prints, “Of Course,” that recognize demonstrators who were brutalized by the military. The prints will be featured in the exhibition. Ganzeer has also just opened a new show at the Leila Heller Gallery in New York City that was featured in an article in The Nation.
See the exhibition’s website for additional information about the programs and speakers:
http://www.brynmawr.edu/library/exhibitions.html
See an article in The Nation about Ganzeer’s current exhibition in New York:
http://www.newsweek.com/koran-does-not-forbid-images-prophet-298298
See a recent Newsweek article on Images of Mohammed:
http://www.newsweek.com/koran-does-not-forbid-images-prophe…
Ganzeer. “Of Course, Blue Bra Lady” Silkscreen print, 2014. (2015.6.5)