The Missing: Rebuilding the Past
January 27, 2016
About this Event
The Missing: Rebuilding the Past was the first exhibit to showcase the efforts of artists and scholars to resist the destruction of the past through creative and innovative reactions, protests, and reconstructions. Professor Thompson, co-curator of the exhibit talked about the works, in a variety of media like photography, drawing, video, and 3D printing which explore the destruction of art at many historical moments, from ancient Greece to World War II to the present. ISIS’ destruction of cultural property is meant to show its power by convincing its audience of the West’s helpless impotence to protect the artworks Westerners love. But the artists and scholars of The Missing show that this is a false message and that there are many ways, from the creative to the technical, in which they and we can help fight ISIS’ message by making the destroyed past live again.
About the Speaker
About Dr. Erin Thompson. Erin Thompson studies the damage done to humanity’s shared heritage through looting, theft, and the deliberate destruction of art. Currently, she is researching the ways in which terrorist groups sell and destroy antiquities in order to support their genocidal campaigns. She has discussed art crime topics in The New York Times and on CNN, NPR, Al Jazeera America, and the Freakonomics podcast. Her book, Possession: The Curious History of Private Collectors, (Yale U. Press) is forthcoming in January 2016.
A limited number of student tickets are available for $10. Current student ID must be presented at the door for admission.
More details about the exhibition: http://www.themissingexhibit.com/
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