Handwerker Gallery Newsletter
Fall 1999 – Volume 1, Number 3
Spring/Summer 1999 Events
Contemporary Art Series
Photographic portraits of Tibetans in diaspora
"Politics of Representation"
March 30
Ven. Salden Kunga and Dhundup Dorjee Zhurkhang,
vice president and secretary, respectively, of the Ithaca Tibetan
Association - Namgyal Monastery, discussed the significance of
the massive dissemination of photographs of Tibetans for their
political struggle.
More than 50 students exhibited over 100 works,
ranging from oil paintings of still lifes to digital video installations.
The nature of the show — in part the ultimate grading occasion
— makes collaboration difficult, but we can expect a decisive
move in the direction of collaborative effort in the future.
 Out
of Mexico
Photo Installation by Tania M.
Sãmano Palacios and Nicoletta Kalatha
June 24–August 24
This complex installation mixed photographs
"taken" by the artists during their stay in Mexico
with photographs "taken" from art books. The exhibition,
sponsored by the Office of the Provost, exemplified an important
postmodern concern: the politics of identity. Is it possible
today in our society of spectacle, where images are reproduced
and disseminated at unprecedented speed, to have an objective
understanding of the "other"? How do stereotypes define
and construct our perception of the other? And how can we see
and imagine ourselves beyond cultural clichés?
Handwerker Workshops
 Patterns
Dianne Francis-Salva
March 4-26
This installation of mixed-media works explored
the nature of politics, the visual, and interconnectedness, from
very small units such as DNA to more complex patterns.
Colloquium with Dianne Francis-Salva
March 25
Critical Forum
"Nostalgia for the
Real: The Troubled Relation of
Art History and Visual Studies"
Keith Moxey
April 20
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