Past Exhibitions
PAST EXHIBITION
October 28, 2001 to March 10, 2002
These objects, from the Jay T Last Collection at the Fowler Museum, comprise a spectacular survey of one of the world's most comprehensive collections of Lega art and represents one of the most significant central African artistic traditions....
PAST EXHIBITION
October 24, 2001 to January 20, 2002
In the Irish counties of Donegal and Tyrone, a generation of legendary fiddlers kept the northern fiddling tradition alive under conditions of great social change. Northern fiddling is characterized by its driving rhythms and, like Appalachian...
PAST EXHIBITION
June 16, 2001 to December 29, 2001
Stories of Chicano civil rights and political action are told in the vivid art of posters, which were originally displayed on walls, telephone poles, and other surfaces within the urban landscape. These powerful graphic works, created by artists to...
PAST EXHIBITION
2001 to October 21, 2001
The Moche civilization flourished on the north coast of Peru between 100 and 800 C.E., leaving behind a vivid artistic record of their beliefs and activities in beautifully painted ceramics. Complex scenes...
PAST EXHIBITION
July 5, 2001 to October 21, 2001
Carol Petersen's photographs serve as a tour through the oeuvre of Mexican artist, musician and activist Mario Sebástian Ávila Vargas, who has spent the last 10 years turning his home and its grounds into a growing work of art that...
PAST EXHIBITION
past exhibition, year 2001
Aby M. Warburg, influential and idiosyncratic German-Jewish scholar of the early 20th century, saw his library as a site of ritual and creativity. Instead of using it merely as a receptacle for his impressive collection of books and photographs covering...
PAST EXHIBITION
past exhibition, year 2001
From the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, hand-painted posters on canvas were the principal means of advertising for Ghana's independent mobile cinema industry. They stand out from other West African artistic traditions by their highly individualistic style...
PAST EXHIBITION
past exhibition, year 2001
As it is in Ghana and many other parts of the world, movie going in Los Angeles is a major social event in which almost everyone participates. The way that studios and distributors vie for public attention is a visual phenomenon that is especially...
PAST EXHIBITION
past exhibition, year 2000
Thirty-eight Kiowa and Comanche historic lattice cradles, and two contemporary cradles — by a Kiowa artist and a Comanche artist — were featured. Brilliant in color and technical design, the cradles are among the most beautiful of Plains Indian...
PAST EXHIBITION
past exhibition, year 2000
In some parts of Ecuador, strips of bark are used as straps for carrying infants; in Borneo skillfully beaded or carved wooden baby seats worn on a parent's back tell of the family's social status as well as the baby's gender. From North...
