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Iraqimemorial.org
exhibition/symposium
Exhibition Dates:
February 16, 2010 - March 12, 2010
Symposium:
March 4, 2010
In the 2010 the Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery presented an exhibition and symposium highlighting the iraqimemorial.org project. Iraqimemorial.org is an online project launched in 2007 by UNR faculty Associate Professor Joseph DeLappe. This ongoing project invites creative artists and architects from all over the world to propose memorials to commemorate the untold thousands of civilian deaths in the war in Iraq.
click image to go to flickr set of images documenting the exhibition
A total of 174 proposals are featured on the iraqimemorial.org
website which is available in both English and Arabictranslations. An
international slate of curators, scholars, artists and architects
were invited in 2008 and 2009 respectively, each to select their
top ten entries (there is no "winner" of this competition).
The Sheppard Gallery features 59 of these proposals that were selected
through the two jurors' review processes. Selected artists were invited
to recreate their online proposals as 30x40" vertical layouts
that have been realized as large format prints for the exhibition.
Along with these printed proposals, the exhibition will feature selected
artifacts and videos related individual works. In the center of
the space, computer stations will be available for visitors to view
the entirety of the iraqimemorial.org project online. A gallery walk-through
and symposium featuring artists, jurors and scholars involved with
the project is scheduled for March 4th, 2010, followed by an evening
reception.
Symposium, March 4, 2009: (to view symposium video documentation click here)
The symposium featured both artists and jurors who have been involved in the iraqimemorial.org project. The event was held before a live audience at UNR and streamed live on the internet.
3-5pm: Symposium: iraqimemorial.org
Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center Auditorium Room 124
Free and open to the public.
An opportunity for artists, jurors and scholars involved in iraqimemorial.org to engage the public in creative and scholarly discussion regarding the development of memorials to war, the artist’s role in a time of war and the practicalities and pitfalls of activist, political gestures.
Proposals - Artists
Joseph DeLappe, Director, iraqimemorial.org, University of Nevada, Reno
Tony Allard, "…and counting…",
California State University, San Marcos
Maureen Drdak, "The Killing of Lions: An Iraqi War Memorial", Ardmore, Pennsylvania"
Amro Hamzawi, "Iraqis Today", Independent
filmmaker/photographer, Los Angeles/
Patrick Lichty, "Arbiter of Fate",
Columbia College, Chicago
Cat Soergel Marshall, "Light
Trails", Louisiana State University
Jurors/Scholars - Context
Dr. Marjorie Vecchio Moderator, Director Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery
Dr. Bernadette Buckley, Goldsmiths, University of London, researcher/writer
on art and war and/or art and terrorism, including chapters for Art
in the Age of Terrorism and Iraq and the Destruction
of Heritage, HMP, London,
2008
Dr. Ann Keniston, University of Nevada, Reno, specialty in American
Poetry, co-editor of Literature after 9/11, Routledge, 2008
Dr. David
Simpson, UC Davis, literary theorist and author of 9/11
The Culture of Commemoration, University of Chicago Press, 2008
Raul Zamudio, NY-based
independent curator and critic; contributing editor, Art Nexus; US correspondent,
Flash Art.
Iraqimemorial.org Exhibition Participating Artists:
Tyler Adams
Vincent Akuin & Michael Manalo
Jorge Aldea
Tony Allard
Mehedi Amin
kenAR AEC & Team
Nadia Awad
Stephen Bailey
Bill Balaskas
Alexandra Ben Simon
Joshua Berger
Matthijs Boer
Carolyn Brown
Christina Calbari
Chuck Chaney
Joseph Choma
Ivan Contreras Rubio
Ryan Crooks
NaJa & deOstos
Peter Di Salvo
Rodrigo Donoso
Carla Drago
Maureen Drdak
Rob Duarte
Hakki Erol
Al Fadhil
Elizabeth Filardi & Erik Burke
Sara Fiore
Nestor Armando Gil
Amro Hamzawi
Linda Hesh
Jona Hoier & Andreas Zingerle
Peter Janssen & Ward Janssen
Suzanne Kanatsiz
Athanasia Karaioannoglou
Matt Kenyon & Doug Easterly
Lynn Marie Kirby
Erik Krikortz
Simon Kuntze-Fechner & Eddie Pinaud
Patrick Lichty
Michael Magrath
Megan Mailloux
Alban Mannisi & Philippe Nys
Cat Soergel Marshall
Stephan Mundwiler
Yaniv Ophir & Gila Fakterman
Farid Rakun
Julio Ramirez
Bekim Ramku
Rashad Salim
Andrea Stanislav
Erin Finch Stevens
Ehren Tool
Jack Toolin
Werryson Wijaya
Geri Wittig
Holly Wong
Alyssa Wright
Sayoko Yoshida
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The Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery located in Church Fine Arts Building, North Virginia St, two
buildings south of Lawlor Events Center
Gallery hours: Mon - Thur 11am - 5pm, Fri 11am - 2pm, and by appointment
Free parking in Whalen Parking Lot after 5pm, East side of North Virginia
St, One building south of Lawlor Events Center. Gallery is not responsible
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DeLappe