Far from Home
North Carolina Museum of Art
February 17-July 13, 2008
Far from Home explores the various ways that displacement is manifested in creative expression, suggesting very personal transformations alongside wider group dynamics of belonging and exclusion. Whether focused on the individual or larger community, works stand in dialogue with the expansion of global networks as people relocate and circumscribe their experiences in new places while maintaining connections to homelands and heritage, however tenuous.
During the exhibtion, several contributors will post on this blog to further the discussion beyond the museum walls and reach people who may be far from home.
Future contributors include:
Kinsey Katchka, Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, North Carolina Museum of Art
Ledelle Moe, Artist, featured in Far from Home; Interdisciplinary sculpture faculty, Maryland Institute College of Art
Bisi Silva, Director, Contemporary Art Centre, Lagos, Nigeria
Achamyelah Debela, Artist , featured in Far from Home; Professor of Art, North Carolina Central University
Melissa Cormier, Art history student, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
El Anatsui, Artist
Jane Benson, Artist , featured in Far from Home
Lisa Binder, Assistant Curator, Museum for African Art
Christina Burke, Curator of Native American & Non-Western Art, Philbrook Museum of Art
Silvia Forni, Curator of African Art, Royal Ontario Museum
Adrián Halpern, Immigration attorney
Aida Muluneh, Photographer & filmmaker
Youssef Nabil, Artist , featured in Far from Home
Brigitte NaHoN, Artist, featured in Far from Home
Charmaine Picard, Associate editor (US), The Art Newspaper
Mody Sounfountera, Travel agent & tour guide in Bamako, Mali
Jeffrey Witte, Founder & Director, www.amend.org
About Me
- North Carolina Museum of Art
- The North Carolina Museum of Art is one of the premier visual arts museums in the Southeast. The vast collection features renowned European Old Master paintings and works of art spanning 5,000 years, from ancient Egyptian artifacts to contemporary works of art. The building sits amidst a 164-acre Museum Park filled with woodlands, trails and monumental works of art. Blue Ridge Restaurant, the Museum Store, and the outdoor concert amphitheater make a visitor's experience at the Museum complete.
1 comment:
I would like to share a published work of mine from my first tour in Iraq to my wife in California. Poetry needs not an exhibit of sight but an openness of mind. Art of all forms is to be shared freely. I love the idea of this exhibit and hope to get the chance to visit, sincerely.
- War Fighter, Art Lover
Far Away Heart
I want to share my life with you
- each and every day
My touch, my kiss, my breath with you
- in each and every way
The more and more I think of you
- the more and more I pray
The world will bring us closer to
- that bright and shining day
When oceans are just rivers
- and you're not to far away
If only I could blink my eyes
- together we would stay
I wish you knew how much I miss
- your bright and shining grace
Every time I close my eyes
- I only see your face
So beautiful you are to me
- in my heart you're strong
That every time I think of you
- each heartbeat's twice as long
Donavin James Ohlrogge
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