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Calendar: Community Calendar
PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION
BELOVED DAUGHTERS
PHOTOGRAPHS BY FAZAL SHEIKH
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 EXHIBITION TITLE:
Beloved Daughters
EXHIBITION DATES:
February 12 - March 30, 2008
RECEPTION:
February 14, 2008
5-7 p.m.
PANEL DISCUSSION:
February 14, 2008
6:30 p.m. in Shemin Auditorium,
Shaffer Art Building
Details TBA.
GALLERY LOCATION:
Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University Main Campus
Kalawati (roses) from the series Ladli
REGULAR GALLERY HOURS:
Tuesday - Sunday 11:00-4:30 p.m.
Thursday 11-8 p.m.
GUIDED TOURS & PRIVATE VIEWING:
Call for details (315) 443-4097
or email suart@syr.edu
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SUArt Galleries presents Beloved Daughters, an exhibition that unites the Moksha (Heaven) and Ladli (Beloved Daughter) series, two of photographer-activist Fazal Sheikh's most recent projects concerning the lives of women in India.
The photographs will be on view in the SUArt Galleries at Syracuse University from February 12-March 30, 2008, with an opening reception on February 14, 2008 from 5-7 p.m.
Panel discussion in Shemin Auditorium, Shaffer Art Building at 6:30 p.m. on night of the reception - detailed list of speakers TBA.
For guided tours & special visiting arrangements please call for details (315) 443-4097.
The first of the two series, Moksha, completed in 2005, focuses on dispossessed widows who find refuge in the holy city of Vrindavan in northern India. They worship the god Krishna in hopes of being released from the cycle of reincarnation from past actions, samsara, into a higher state, moksha. The second, Ladli, reveals horrific stories of infanticide, feticide and other forms of abuse directed towards the women all over India.
"This exhibition explores the relationship between photography and the human condition; a theme that the SUArt Galleries began with the presentation of the Eyes on the World exhibit from the Alexia Foundation", said Domenic Iacono, Director of the SUArt Galleries. "We are pleased to welcome Fazal back to Syracuse after a 15 year hiatus following his Artist-in-Residency at Light Work in 1993."
Fazal Sheikh creates sustained portraits of communities around the world through photography, addressing people's beliefs and traditions as well as their socio-economic problems. Both Moksha and Ladli are hardcover books and are available at the gallery store.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Fazal Ilahi Sheikh was born in 1965 in New York City. Since graduating from Princeton University in 1987, he has worked with displaced communities across East Africa, in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Brazil, Cuba and India. In 2005 Sheikh was named a MacArthur Fellow. Additional fellowships include those from the J. William Fulbright Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, the Nederlands Fotomuseum, Mondriaan Foundation, and the Mother Jones International Documentary Fund. Sheikh is the recipient of the International Henri Cartier-Bresson Grand Prize, the Prix d'Arles, the Infinity Award, the Leica Medal of Excellence, the Ruttenberg Award, and the Ferguson Award.
For further artist information visit Fazal Sheikh (dot) org.
The exhibition and associated programming and publications have been made possible by Jane P. Watkins. Additional support has been provided by the Frances E. and Elias Wolf Fund, the Kathleen C. Sherrerd Program Fund for American Art, the Friends and the Partners of the Princeton University Art Museum, the Council of the Humanities and the Center for the Creative and Performing Arts, Princeton University, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Arts Council of Princeton.
ONGOING EXHIBITIONS:
The Reception Gallery: - "MEDIA OVER TIME" curated by David L. Prince
The Print Gallery: - "Modernist Prints: 1900-1955" curated by Domenic Iacono
The Photography Gallery: - "PURE PHOTOGRAPHY: Pictorial and Modern Photographs" curated by Emily K. Dittman
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LOCATION AND HOURS
SUArt Galleries is located in the Shaffer Art Building on the Syracuse University Main Campus.
HOURS:
- Tuesday-Sunday 11a.m.-4:30 p.m.
- Thursday evenings until 8 p.m.
- Mondays - CLOSED
Parking for weekend and evening visitors is in Q4 lot on College Place. Notify the attendant that you are visiting the SUArt Galleries. Parking is on a space available basis and may be restricted during events held at the Carrier Dome. If spaces are not available the attendant will direct you to the nearest lot.
The Connective Corridor Shuttle stop is "College Place" - the shuttle runs on Centro route 543. It is free and open to the public. |
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