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The H-Block buildings of Maze Prison were a potent symbol of the often violent political struggles in Northern Ireland known today as the Troubles. The prison, opened in 1971 by the British government, was designed to keep apart warring loyalist and republican paramilitaries, the latter demanding to be treated as prisoners of war rather than criminals. As part of this(...)
The H-Block buildings of Maze Prison were a potent symbol of the often violent political struggles in Northern Ireland known today as the Troubles. The prison, opened in 1971 by the British government, was designed to keep apart warring loyalist and republican paramilitaries, the latter demanding to be treated as prisoners of war rather than criminals. As part of this(...)
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Octagonal gallery
Octagonal gallery
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5 September 2013 to 12 January 2014
5 September 2013 to 12 January 2014
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H-BLOCK: Prison Housing – Donovan Wylie
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The H-Block buildings of Maze Prison were a potent symbol of the often violent political struggles in Northern Ireland known today as the Troubles. The prison, opened in 1971 by the British government, was designed to keep apart warring loyalist and republican paramilitaries, the latter demanding to be treated as prisoners of war rather than criminals. As part of this(...)
H-BLOCK: Prison Housing – Donovan Wylie
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The H-Block buildings of Maze Prison were a potent symbol of the often violent political struggles in Northern Ireland known today as the Troubles. The prison, opened in 1971 by the British government, was designed to keep apart warring loyalist and republican paramilitaries, the latter demanding to be treated as prisoners of war rather than criminals. As part of this(...)
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exhibitions
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5 September 2013 to
12 January 2014
5 September 2013 to
12 January 2014
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Octagonal gallery
Octagonal gallery
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AP156.S5.SS1
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La sous-série documente les photographies de Chandigarh et des alentours prises par Pierre Jeanneret et d'autres photographes qui ont été sélectionnées pour une exposition au Musée des Beaux-Arts de Besançon, en France, en 1971. La sous-série inclut des photographies de la vie quotidienne à Chandigarh, des résidences privées et gouvernementales, des écoles, de l'Université du Panjab, du Capitol, de divers bâtiments et installations et de maquettes. Le matériel dans cette sous-série a été produit entre 1951 et 1966. La sous-série contient des photographies montées sur carton. Sub-series documents the photographs of Chandigarh and the surrounding area taken by Pierre Jeanneret and other photographers that were selected for an exhibition at the Musée des Beaux-Arts at Besançon, in France, in 1971. The sub-series includes photographs of everyday life in Chandigarh, the private and governement residences, the schools, the Panjab University, the Capitol, various buildings and installations, and models. The material in this sub-series was produced between 1951 and 1966. The sub-series contains photographs mounted on board.
AP156.S5.SS1
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La sous-série documente les photographies de Chandigarh et des alentours prises par Pierre Jeanneret et d'autres photographes qui ont été sélectionnées pour une exposition au Musée des Beaux-Arts de Besançon, en France, en 1971. La sous-série inclut des photographies de la vie quotidienne à Chandigarh, des résidences privées et gouvernementales, des écoles, de l'Université du Panjab, du Capitol, de divers bâtiments et installations et de maquettes. Le matériel dans cette sous-série a été produit entre 1951 et 1966. La sous-série contient des photographies montées sur carton. Sub-series documents the photographs of Chandigarh and the surrounding area taken by Pierre Jeanneret and other photographers that were selected for an exhibition at the Musée des Beaux-Arts at Besançon, in France, in 1971. The sub-series includes photographs of everyday life in Chandigarh, the private and governement residences, the schools, the Panjab University, the Capitol, various buildings and installations, and models. The material in this sub-series was produced between 1951 and 1966. The sub-series contains photographs mounted on board.
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1951-1966
1951-1966
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Photographies pour une exposition au musée des Beaux-arts à Besançon, 1971 = Photographs for an exhibition at the Musée des Beaux-Arts at Besançon, 1971
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AP156.S5.SS1
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La sous-série documente les photographies de Chandigarh et des alentours prises par Pierre Jeanneret et d'autres photographes qui ont été sélectionnées pour une exposition au Musée des Beaux-Arts de Besançon, en France, en 1971. La sous-série inclut des photographies de la vie quotidienne à Chandigarh, des résidences privées et gouvernementales, des écoles, de l'Université du Panjab, du Capitol, de divers bâtiments et installations et de maquettes. Le matériel dans cette sous-série a été produit entre 1951 et 1966. La sous-série contient des photographies montées sur carton. Sub-series documents the photographs of Chandigarh and the surrounding area taken by Pierre Jeanneret and other photographers that were selected for an exhibition at the Musée des Beaux-Arts at Besançon, in France, in 1971. The sub-series includes photographs of everyday life in Chandigarh, the private and governement residences, the schools, the Panjab University, the Capitol, various buildings and installations, and models. The material in this sub-series was produced between 1951 and 1966. The sub-series contains photographs mounted on board.
Photographies pour une exposition au musée des Beaux-arts à Besançon, 1971 = Photographs for an exhibition at the Musée des Beaux-Arts at Besançon, 1971
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AP156.S5.SS1
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La sous-série documente les photographies de Chandigarh et des alentours prises par Pierre Jeanneret et d'autres photographes qui ont été sélectionnées pour une exposition au Musée des Beaux-Arts de Besançon, en France, en 1971. La sous-série inclut des photographies de la vie quotidienne à Chandigarh, des résidences privées et gouvernementales, des écoles, de l'Université du Panjab, du Capitol, de divers bâtiments et installations et de maquettes. Le matériel dans cette sous-série a été produit entre 1951 et 1966. La sous-série contient des photographies montées sur carton. Sub-series documents the photographs of Chandigarh and the surrounding area taken by Pierre Jeanneret and other photographers that were selected for an exhibition at the Musée des Beaux-Arts at Besançon, in France, in 1971. The sub-series includes photographs of everyday life in Chandigarh, the private and governement residences, the schools, the Panjab University, the Capitol, various buildings and installations, and models. The material in this sub-series was produced between 1951 and 1966. The sub-series contains photographs mounted on board.
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Sous-série 1
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1951-1966
1951-1966
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The beginning of the 1950s was a moment of global upheaval. From India to Morocco, from Guatemala to Indochina, the process of decolonization gained momentum and the Cold War began. Architects working or acting as experts in the non-Western areas of the globe could no longer plan as if sites were terrains vague and people were mute subjects. The end of colonial(...)
The beginning of the 1950s was a moment of global upheaval. From India to Morocco, from Guatemala to Indochina, the process of decolonization gained momentum and the Cold War began. Architects working or acting as experts in the non-Western areas of the globe could no longer plan as if sites were terrains vague and people were mute subjects. The end of colonial(...)
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Casablanca, Chandigarh, Le Corbusier, Jeanneret, Morocco, Punjab, India, Morocco, modernism, Africa, Takashi Homma, Yto Barrada
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Casablanca, Chandigarh, Le Corbusier, Jeanneret, Morocco, Punjab, India, Morocco, modernism, Africa, Takashi Homma, Yto Barrada
Date:
26 November 2013 to 20 April 2014
26 November 2013 to 20 April 2014
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How architects, experts, politicians, international agencies and citizens negotiate modern planning: Casablanca Chandigarh
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The beginning of the 1950s was a moment of global upheaval. From India to Morocco, from Guatemala to Indochina, the process of decolonization gained momentum and the Cold War began. Architects working or acting as experts in the non-Western areas of the globe could no longer plan as if sites were terrains vague and people were mute subjects. The end of colonial(...)
How architects, experts, politicians, international agencies and citizens negotiate modern planning: Casablanca Chandigarh
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The beginning of the 1950s was a moment of global upheaval. From India to Morocco, from Guatemala to Indochina, the process of decolonization gained momentum and the Cold War began. Architects working or acting as experts in the non-Western areas of the globe could no longer plan as if sites were terrains vague and people were mute subjects. The end of colonial(...)
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exhibitions
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26 November 2013 to
20 April 2014
26 November 2013 to
20 April 2014
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Main galleries Keyword(s):
Casablanca, Chandigarh, Le Corbusier, Jeanneret, Morocco, Punjab, India, Morocco, modernism, Africa, Takashi Homma, Yto Barrada
Main galleries Keyword(s):
Casablanca, Chandigarh, Le Corbusier, Jeanneret, Morocco, Punjab, India, Morocco, modernism, Africa, Takashi Homma, Yto Barrada
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Starting from diverse premises and points of view, Cedric Price, Aldo Rossi, James Stirling, and Gordon Matta-Clark each engaged in a radical rethinking of the status, history, and purpose of architecture. out of the box: price rossi stirling + matta-clark brings the ideas of these four pivotal figures of the 1970s into dialogue through a group of archives that recently(...)
Starting from diverse premises and points of view, Cedric Price, Aldo Rossi, James Stirling, and Gordon Matta-Clark each engaged in a radical rethinking of the status, history, and purpose of architecture. out of the box: price rossi stirling + matta-clark brings the ideas of these four pivotal figures of the 1970s into dialogue through a group of archives that recently(...)
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Main galleries
Main galleries
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23 October 2003 to 6 September 2004
23 October 2003 to 6 September 2004
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out of the box: price rossi stirling + matta-clark
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Starting from diverse premises and points of view, Cedric Price, Aldo Rossi, James Stirling, and Gordon Matta-Clark each engaged in a radical rethinking of the status, history, and purpose of architecture. out of the box: price rossi stirling + matta-clark brings the ideas of these four pivotal figures of the 1970s into dialogue through a group of archives that recently(...)
out of the box: price rossi stirling + matta-clark
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Starting from diverse premises and points of view, Cedric Price, Aldo Rossi, James Stirling, and Gordon Matta-Clark each engaged in a radical rethinking of the status, history, and purpose of architecture. out of the box: price rossi stirling + matta-clark brings the ideas of these four pivotal figures of the 1970s into dialogue through a group of archives that recently(...)
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23 October 2003 to
6 September 2004
23 October 2003 to
6 September 2004
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Main galleries
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Paul Nelson (1895–1979), American architect, film set designer, painter, critic, and educator, taught and practised architecture in the United States and France for over fifty years. Nelson was a central figure in the development of functionalism in the 1930s and 1940s, which rejected the Beaux-Arts language in favour of technological and functional expression. The Filter(...)
Paul Nelson (1895–1979), American architect, film set designer, painter, critic, and educator, taught and practised architecture in the United States and France for over fifty years. Nelson was a central figure in the development of functionalism in the 1930s and 1940s, which rejected the Beaux-Arts language in favour of technological and functional expression. The Filter(...)
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Main galleries
Main galleries
Date:
27 March 1991 to 26 May 1991
27 March 1991 to 26 May 1991
Title:
The Filter of Reason: The Work of Paul Nelson
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Paul Nelson (1895–1979), American architect, film set designer, painter, critic, and educator, taught and practised architecture in the United States and France for over fifty years. Nelson was a central figure in the development of functionalism in the 1930s and 1940s, which rejected the Beaux-Arts language in favour of technological and functional expression. The Filter(...)
The Filter of Reason: The Work of Paul Nelson
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Paul Nelson (1895–1979), American architect, film set designer, painter, critic, and educator, taught and practised architecture in the United States and France for over fifty years. Nelson was a central figure in the development of functionalism in the 1930s and 1940s, which rejected the Beaux-Arts language in favour of technological and functional expression. The Filter(...)
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27 March 1991 to
26 May 1991
27 March 1991 to
26 May 1991
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Main galleries
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According to a Chinese legend well-known in Japan, a giant katsura tree was planted on the moon, inspiring the proverb, “We can see the katsura on the moon with our eyes, but we cannot touch it with our hands.” The saying celebrates the quest for an absolute and is a fitting epigraph for Departure for Katsura, which pursues issues of self-identity and personal(...)
According to a Chinese legend well-known in Japan, a giant katsura tree was planted on the moon, inspiring the proverb, “We can see the katsura on the moon with our eyes, but we cannot touch it with our hands.” The saying celebrates the quest for an absolute and is a fitting epigraph for Departure for Katsura, which pursues issues of self-identity and personal(...)
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Octagonal gallery, hall cases, and Sottsass Room
Octagonal gallery, hall cases, and Sottsass Room
Date:
9 December 1998 to 28 March 1999
9 December 1998 to 28 March 1999
Title:
Irene F. Whittome: Departure for Katsura
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According to a Chinese legend well-known in Japan, a giant katsura tree was planted on the moon, inspiring the proverb, “We can see the katsura on the moon with our eyes, but we cannot touch it with our hands.” The saying celebrates the quest for an absolute and is a fitting epigraph for Departure for Katsura, which pursues issues of self-identity and personal(...)
Irene F. Whittome: Departure for Katsura
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According to a Chinese legend well-known in Japan, a giant katsura tree was planted on the moon, inspiring the proverb, “We can see the katsura on the moon with our eyes, but we cannot touch it with our hands.” The saying celebrates the quest for an absolute and is a fitting epigraph for Departure for Katsura, which pursues issues of self-identity and personal(...)
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9 December 1998 to
28 March 1999
9 December 1998 to
28 March 1999
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Octagonal gallery, hall cases, and Sottsass Room
Octagonal gallery, hall cases, and Sottsass Room
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Empire
Empire
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The exhibition presents Empire, a visual essay by American artist John Gossage on the relationship between architecture and power. Gossage’s photographs of government buildings and monuments in Washington, D.C. are juxtaposed with images of Egypt taken by German chemist Hermann Vogel in 1868, exposing the parallel actions of governments, over a century apart, in(...)
The exhibition presents Empire, a visual essay by American artist John Gossage on the relationship between architecture and power. Gossage’s photographs of government buildings and monuments in Washington, D.C. are juxtaposed with images of Egypt taken by German chemist Hermann Vogel in 1868, exposing the parallel actions of governments, over a century apart, in(...)
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Octagonal gallery
Octagonal gallery
Date:
8 December 2005 to 12 March 2006
8 December 2005 to 12 March 2006
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Empire
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The exhibition presents Empire, a visual essay by American artist John Gossage on the relationship between architecture and power. Gossage’s photographs of government buildings and monuments in Washington, D.C. are juxtaposed with images of Egypt taken by German chemist Hermann Vogel in 1868, exposing the parallel actions of governments, over a century apart, in(...)
Empire
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The exhibition presents Empire, a visual essay by American artist John Gossage on the relationship between architecture and power. Gossage’s photographs of government buildings and monuments in Washington, D.C. are juxtaposed with images of Egypt taken by German chemist Hermann Vogel in 1868, exposing the parallel actions of governments, over a century apart, in(...)
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exhibitions
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8 December 2005 to
12 March 2006
8 December 2005 to
12 March 2006
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Octagonal gallery
Octagonal gallery
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archives
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Fonds
archives
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Fonds
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Luc Durand fonds
Luc Durand fonds
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AP121
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Le fonds documente la formation de l'architecte au Canada et à l'étranger ainsi que toutes les étapes de la carrière de Luc Durand tant en Suisse, en Inde qu'au Canada. Il révèle incidemment l'activité peu connue d'un jeune architecte canadien installé en Inde au début des années soixante. Les archives documentent également les projets d'importance auxquels il fut associé à son retour au Canada, notamment avec Papineau Gérin-Lajoie LeBlanc (Concours du Pavillon du Québec, Résidence des filles, à l'Université de Montréal) et avec Roger D'Astous (Village Olympique, Institut Canadien de recherche en génie forestier).
AP121
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Le fonds documente la formation de l'architecte au Canada et à l'étranger ainsi que toutes les étapes de la carrière de Luc Durand tant en Suisse, en Inde qu'au Canada. Il révèle incidemment l'activité peu connue d'un jeune architecte canadien installé en Inde au début des années soixante. Les archives documentent également les projets d'importance auxquels il fut associé à son retour au Canada, notamment avec Papineau Gérin-Lajoie LeBlanc (Concours du Pavillon du Québec, Résidence des filles, à l'Université de Montréal) et avec Roger D'Astous (Village Olympique, Institut Canadien de recherche en génie forestier).
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1945-2000
1945-2000
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Luc Durand fonds
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AP121
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Le fonds documente la formation de l'architecte au Canada et à l'étranger ainsi que toutes les étapes de la carrière de Luc Durand tant en Suisse, en Inde qu'au Canada. Il révèle incidemment l'activité peu connue d'un jeune architecte canadien installé en Inde au début des années soixante. Les archives documentent également les projets d'importance auxquels il fut associé à son retour au Canada, notamment avec Papineau Gérin-Lajoie LeBlanc (Concours du Pavillon du Québec, Résidence des filles, à l'Université de Montréal) et avec Roger D'Astous (Village Olympique, Institut Canadien de recherche en génie forestier).
Luc Durand fonds
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AP121
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Le fonds documente la formation de l'architecte au Canada et à l'étranger ainsi que toutes les étapes de la carrière de Luc Durand tant en Suisse, en Inde qu'au Canada. Il révèle incidemment l'activité peu connue d'un jeune architecte canadien installé en Inde au début des années soixante. Les archives documentent également les projets d'importance auxquels il fut associé à son retour au Canada, notamment avec Papineau Gérin-Lajoie LeBlanc (Concours du Pavillon du Québec, Résidence des filles, à l'Université de Montréal) et avec Roger D'Astous (Village Olympique, Institut Canadien de recherche en génie forestier).
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Fonds
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1945-2000
1945-2000
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Learning from... Cairo
Learning from... Cairo
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Nasser Rabbat challenges the traditional framing strategies of East vs. West or traditional vs. modern, focusing instead on the dialectical relationship of modernity and history in the making of contemporary Cairo. Shaped by distinct waves of modernity from the colonial Napoleonic invasion of 1789 to the revolution and independence in 1952, the city responded with layers(...)
Nasser Rabbat challenges the traditional framing strategies of East vs. West or traditional vs. modern, focusing instead on the dialectical relationship of modernity and history in the making of contemporary Cairo. Shaped by distinct waves of modernity from the colonial Napoleonic invasion of 1789 to the revolution and independence in 1952, the city responded with layers(...)
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Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Date:
15 September 2011 , 7pm
15 September 2011 , 7pm
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Learning from... Cairo
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Nasser Rabbat challenges the traditional framing strategies of East vs. West or traditional vs. modern, focusing instead on the dialectical relationship of modernity and history in the making of contemporary Cairo. Shaped by distinct waves of modernity from the colonial Napoleonic invasion of 1789 to the revolution and independence in 1952, the city responded with layers(...)
Learning from... Cairo
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Nasser Rabbat challenges the traditional framing strategies of East vs. West or traditional vs. modern, focusing instead on the dialectical relationship of modernity and history in the making of contemporary Cairo. Shaped by distinct waves of modernity from the colonial Napoleonic invasion of 1789 to the revolution and independence in 1952, the city responded with layers(...)
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15 September 2011
7pm
15 September 2011
7pm
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Paul-Desmarais Theatre
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
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Meditations on Piero presents contemporary sculptures by British/Canadian artist Geoffrey Smedley alongside over thirty rare books from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries. The sculptures draw their inspiration from a series of drawings of the human head by the great Italian Renaissance artist Piero della Francesca. The exhibition relates these drawings and(...)
Meditations on Piero presents contemporary sculptures by British/Canadian artist Geoffrey Smedley alongside over thirty rare books from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries. The sculptures draw their inspiration from a series of drawings of the human head by the great Italian Renaissance artist Piero della Francesca. The exhibition relates these drawings and(...)
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Octagonal gallery
Octagonal gallery
Date:
2 May 2001 to 16 September 2001
2 May 2001 to 16 September 2001
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Meditations on Piero
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Meditations on Piero presents contemporary sculptures by British/Canadian artist Geoffrey Smedley alongside over thirty rare books from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries. The sculptures draw their inspiration from a series of drawings of the human head by the great Italian Renaissance artist Piero della Francesca. The exhibition relates these drawings and(...)
Meditations on Piero
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Meditations on Piero presents contemporary sculptures by British/Canadian artist Geoffrey Smedley alongside over thirty rare books from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries. The sculptures draw their inspiration from a series of drawings of the human head by the great Italian Renaissance artist Piero della Francesca. The exhibition relates these drawings and(...)
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exhibitions
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2 May 2001 to
16 September 2001
2 May 2001 to
16 September 2001
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Octagonal gallery
Octagonal gallery
