Kevork Mourad: Memory Gates
Art - Exhibit
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Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, March 4, 2021 - April 11, 2021 12:00 PM-5:00 PM |
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| Suggested Audiences: | Elders, Adult, College, High School, Middle School | |
| Location: Find Local Food & Accommodations |
College of the Holy Cross: Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery 1 College Street Worcester, MA 01610-2395 |
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| Cost: | No cost, open to the public | |
| Description: | By appointment Mon - Friday, noon 5 p.m. Kevork Mourad: Memory Gates For reservations email prosenbl@holycross.edu Using his signature style of spontaneous drawing and printmaking techniques, Syrian artist Kevork Mourad will create the site-specific immersive installation Memory Gates during a residency at the Cantor Art Gallery in February. The work, imagined as a series of doors and passageways that visitors can pass through, will explore themes of cultural plurality and collective memory. Co-sponsored by the Cantor Art Gallery and Arts Transcending Borders Related Events Mar. 4 | 4 p.m. Opening Artist’s Talk Kevork Mourad: Memory Gates Live streamed on Youtube, Registration requested [link to https://mourad_memory_gates.eventbrite.com] Join us live on YouTube as artist Kevork Mourad gives a talk in the gallery in conjunction with the opening of his site-specific installation work, Memory Gates, created at the Cantor Art Gallery during his February residency. Monday, March 8 4 – 5 p.m. Zoom talk by Aaron Tugendhaft, Ph.D.: The Destruction of Images (and Images of Their Destruction) Registration information TBA Join us as Aaron Tugendhaft, a scholar of the ancient Middle East, teaching courses focusing on religion, political philosophy, and the arts at Bard College Berlin gives a talk in conjunction with the installation of Memory Gates by Kevork Mourad at the Cantor Art Gallery. He is the author of The Idols of ISIS: From Assyria to the Internet (University of Chicago Press, 2020) exploring the political power of images and the significance of their destruction. Co-sponsored by the McFarland Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture. |
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| More Information: |
E-mail:
prosenbl@holycross.edu
Phone: 508-793-3356 Entered by: Cantor Art Gallery (cantorart@holycross.edu) |
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Created: January 27, 2021 at 3:11 PM
Last Modified: February 3, 2021 at 12:45 PM
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