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born and New York based artist Ghada Amer is recognized internationally
for her embroidered paintings and thought provoking text
related works in such media as fabric, cloth and, most recently,
gardens that address feminist, historical and political issues.
Her site-specific work in the Davis Museum’s lobby
consisted of wallpaper applied directly to the museum walls
as well as paper plates, cups and placemats, through which
the artist focuses on definitions of “terror” and “terrorism” derived
from American, English, French and Arabic dictionaries from
the past several centuries.
Trained at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts (Nice, France) and
at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Ghada
Amer has been widely exhibited (San Francisco Art Institute;
Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston; Henie Onstad Kunstcenter,
Oslo; Kunstpalast
Düsseldorf; Tel Aviv Museum of Art). She is currently
working on a commissioned garden for the Queens Museum
of Art (Queens, New York), and on her contribution for
the upcoming 2005 Venice Biennial.
This installation was part of a series of site-specific
contemporary works for the Davis Museum’s lobby.
Ghada Amer will gave a lecture on the day of the opening
March 9th at 5:30 p.m. This event was co-sponsored by the
French Department and the French House and will take place
in the Collins Cinema, Wellesley College.
The exhibition was funded by Massachusetts Cultural Council,
Wellesley College Friends of Art, French Department, French
House
and the Wellesley College Club.
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