Following the Box: Academic Panel Discussion
@ Loyola University Museum of Art (LUMA)
820 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Tuesday, September 11th, from 6PM - 8PM
This panel discussion will provide a cultural and historical context for the Following the Box exhibition. Featured panelists include Dr. Ralph Nicholas, University of Chicago Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, Jerri Zbiral, and Alan Teller.
About Following the Box
In 1945, an American soldier stationed in India took a series of photographs depicting everyday life in West Bengal. Nearly sixty years later, curators Jerri Zbiral and Alan Teller discovered a box filled with these photographs at a Chicago-area estate sale. Zbiral and Teller traced the box back to West Bengal and invited a group of Indian artists to respond to the photographs. Following the Box is an innovative contemporary art exhibition featuring painting, film, graphic illustration, and folk art, as well as multimedia and conceptual art. Each work draws inspiration from the original photographs, exploring the elusive nature of memory, political and military histories, and cultural identity.
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Tags: Alan Teller, Chicago, Dr. Ralph Nicholas, Following the Box: Academic Panel Discussion, Jerri Zbiral, Loyola University Museum of Art (LUMA), Near North Side
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