Presented By: Institute for the Humanities
HUMANITIES GALLERY
PAST PERFECT/FUTURE TENSE: AUTHENTICITY AND REPLICATION
OPENING RECEPTION: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2009, 6:30-8:00 PM (immediately following the School of Art and Design's Penny Stamps Lecture at the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor) 202 SOUTH THAYER STREET ROOM 1010 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN Gallery hours: Monday - Friday, 9:00AM-5:00PM * In this photographic exhibit, RICHARD BARNES, the Institute for the Humanities' 2009 Paula and Edwin Sidman Fellow in the Arts, presents innovative new work inspired by the paleontology and anthropology collections in the University of Michigan Exhibits Museum and the ornithology collection in the Museum of Zoology. In this unique installation, Barnes considers the nature of things from collection and display to extinction. A prehistoric skeletal whale juxtaposes a mound of rubber molds and resin casts, examining questions of replication and authenticity, what we save and what we lose. Both lyrical and visceral, Barnes' work engages us in a provocative conversation about museological practice from behind the scenes, capturing the inextricable relationship between human gesture and the inevitability of extinction. For more information, contact Amanda Krugliak(mandak@umich.edu). (734) 936-3518.
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