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EXHIBITIONS 

Xu Bing: Phoenixes

May–September 2013

PROGRAMS

2012

special event

Light Performance by Cai Guoqiang

Friday, November 30, 3 pm
Freer Gallery of Art (Mall side)

lecture and panel discussion

Phoenixes and Beyond: A Conversation with Xu Bing

Saturday, December 1, 10:30 am
Meyer Auditorium, Freer

Join contemporary Chinese artist Xu Bing in conversation with Jane Debevoise, chair of the Asia Art Archive in Hong Kong, and Carol Huh, Freer|Sackler assistant curator of contemporary Asian art, as they discuss Xu’s recent projects from calligraphy and monumental public art to time-based digital media works.

2013

film series

The Military Eye: War, Aesthetics, and the Ethics of Aerial Surveillance

Meyer Auditorium, Freer

Presented in conjunction with Shadow Sites: Recent Work by Jananne Al-Ani, this weekend of screenings and discussions explores how aerial photography has affected the perception and evolution of warfare.

film

Lessons of Darkness

Friday, January 11, 7 pm

Werner Herzog’s controversial documentary surveys the wreckage left in the wake of the Gulf War. (Dir.: Werner Herzog, Germany, 1992, 50 min., English, German, and Arabic with English subtitles)

film and panel discussion

Images of the World and the Inscription of War

In Person: Thomas Y. Levin, Princeton University
Sunday, January 13, 2 pm

Chilling photographs that American aircraft unwittingly took of the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II are the starting point for this cinematic essay on the use and misuse of photographic evidence. (Dir.: Harun Farocki, Germany, 1988, 75 min., 16mm) A panel discussion follows.

gallery talk

Friday Gallery Talk: Freer|Sackler Assistant Curator Carol Huh on Ai Weiwei

Friday, January 18, 12:30 pm

Meet at the information desk, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Carol Huh, Freer|Sackler assistant curator of contemporary Asian art, takes an in-depth look at a selection of works in the exhibition Ai Weiwei: According to What?

CONVERSATION

Up Close From Afar: Photographic Records of the Middle East

Wednesday, February 6, 7 pm
Meyer Auditorium

Join Mitra Abbaspour, associate curator of photography at the Museum of Modern Art, and Carol Huh, Freer|Sackler curator of Shadow Sites, for a discussion inspired by the exhibition. Jananne Al-Ani’s landscape photography and videos, in addition to prints from the Ernst Herzfeld collection in the F|S Archives, serve as starting points for considering the role of photographic media and archival documents in shaping histories and perceptions of the Middle East.

tour

Exhibition Tour with Mika Yoshitake and Carol Huh

Thursday, February 7, 7 pm
Second level galleries, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Hirshhorn Assistant Curator Mika Yoshitake, Freer|Sackler Assistant Curator of Contemporary Asian Art Carol Huh, and guest speakers examine Ai Weiwei’s work from multiple perspectives.