Events Located at Katzen Museum 1st Floor Exhibition
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Arab Modern & Contemporary Works from the Barjeel Art Foundation
Katzen Museum 1st Floor Exhibition4400 Massachusetts AvenueWashingtonDC20016
This exhibition, Between two rounds of fire, the exile of the sea, draws on a diverse selection of works from the collection of the Barjeel Art Foundation, United Arab Emirates, that illustrate an array of technologies of conflict. In this case, however, conflict is defined in a wider sense. It can take place on either a sociological or psychological plane, through assertions of language, between …more
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- American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center
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Making a Scene: The Jefferson Place Gallery
Katzen Museum 1st Floor Exhibition4400 Massachusetts AvenueWashingtonDC20016
September 2017 marks the 60th Anniversary of the opening of The Jefferson Place Gallery: a small, cooperative gallery dedicated principally to showing the work of DC-area contemporary artists of the late 1950s.
Founded in 1957 by five American University professors and their student Alice Denney, the gallery quickly evolved from an extension of AU’s pedagogy to an early supporter of the …more- Host
- American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center
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Tethered to the Cradle: Kinetic Work by Christopher Carter
Katzen Museum 1st Floor Exhibition4400 Massachusetts AvenueWashingtonDC20016
Christopher Carter's substantial and important sculptures are intended to invite viewer interaction, reflection and contemplation. The ready-made forms draw on Carter's experiences and memories of his adolescence for their inspiration. The individual pieces comprising the totality of the work resonate and interact with each other, suggesting viewers reflect on the weight and meaning of their own …more
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- American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center
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- Arts and Entertainment
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