PLYMOUTH — An internationally renowned art educator and
anthropologist will speak at Plymouth State University's Smith Recital Hall
Dec. 3 at 6 p.m. as part of a lecture series on artists and war. Dr. Hans
Guggenheim's presentation, War in Art: Connectomes and Synchronicity, is the
first of four presentations by Dr. Guggenheim. During this first presentation,
he will be examining how artists have expressed their perspectives about war
from the 17th century to present using Goya's Disasters of War as the
centerpiece.
Dr. Guggenheim has also loaned PSU a variety of works from his personal collection as part of the Disaster of War series that will be on display from Dec. 3 through Dec. 21 in the Karl Drerup Art Gallery.
Guggenheim's lecture and the Goya print exhibit is part of a series of events organized by Plymouth State University Deans Dr. Cynthia Vascak and Dr. Trent Boggess. The Hans Guggenheim Lecture Series includes one presentation each Fall and Spring semester from Fall 2012 through Spring 2014.
Guggenheim, whose family fled Nazi Germany in the 1930s, taught at Massachusetts Institute of Technology as an Associate Professor of Anthropology and was a Visiting Scholar at Harvard's Center for International Affairs. A respected artist in his own right, he also produced an acclaimed series for Life magazine in the 1950s, travelling through Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and Japan. He later founded Project Guggenheim, which provides opportunities for young artists and encourages innovation as well as continuity for ancient art traditions, throughout many countries including the Peoples Republic of China, Tibet, Mali, Guatemala, Israel, Tonga and Macedonia.
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