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The Culture of Violence
Saturday, February 2 - Friday, March 15 and April 2 through Friday, May 17, 2002
University Gallery hours while University is in session:
Tues-Fri 11 AM - 4:30 PM, Sun 2-5 PM, Closed Monday
An exhibition of works by twenty artists who explore the critical topic of violence in the US, including war, terrorism, hate crimes, domestic violence, youth violence and street crimes. The exhibition cuts across class, color and gender. Artists include Mel Chin, David Wojnarowicz, Kristin Oppenheim, Brad McCallum, Inigo Manglano-Ovalle, Leon Golub, Ida Applebroog, Sue Coe, among others. The exhibition is guest curated by Donna Harkavy and Helaine Posner. MORE…
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Under Pressure
Prints from Two Palms Press
Saturday, February 2 - Friday, March 15, 2002
University Gallery
Prints by Mel Bochner, Chuck Close, Carroll Dunham, So Le Witt, David Row, Terry Winters, and Jessica Stockholder, among others. Organized by Pamela Auchincloss, New York. MORE…
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Arthur Segal Woodcuts
Tuesday, April 2 - Friday, May 17, 2002
University Gallery
This series of anti-war woodcuts produced in 1915 are Segal’s most expressionistic, dramatizing the violence of hand-to-hand combat. Segal achieves his powerful statement by utilizing an aggressive line and stark contrasts of black against white.
These woodcuts are from a set of 70 donated to the University Gallery in 1979 by William Dorman of Syosset, New York MORE…
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In Cold Blood
Directed by Richard Brooks
Tuesday, February 12, 2002
Amherst College Campus Center Theater
7 PM
Shot in a semi-documentary style, the film is an adaptation of Truman Capote's book that traces the real story of two drifters who are ineffectual as individuals, but together become inhuman criminals.
Part of the "At Human Cost" film series presented in conjunction with "The Culture of Violence" exhibit on display at the University Gallery. MORE…
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Once Were Warriors
Directed by Lee Tamahori
Tuesday, February 19, 2002
Amherst College Campus Center Theater
7 PM
Based on Alan Duff's novel, the film recounts the brutal story of a poor Maori family that becomes increasingly alienated from its culture.
Part of the "At Human Cost" film series presented in conjunction with "The Culture of Violence" exhibit on display at the University Gallery. MORE…
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Rhyme and Reason
Directed by Peter Spirer
Tuesday, February 26, 2002
Amherst College Campus Center Theater
7 PM
Geared towards those with little knowledge of hip-hop music and style, the film presents a survey of musical talent and related political and social issues such as ghetto life and gun violence.
Part of the "At Human Cost" film series presented in conjunction with "The Culture of Violence" exhibit on display at the University Gallery. MORE…
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La Haine (Hate)
Directed by Mathieu Kassovitz
Tuesday, February 26, 2002
Amherst College Campus Center Theater
Approx. 8:30 PM
Immediately following the film "Rhyme and Reason"
A hard-hitting drama about three young men who seek retribution for another friend who was critically wounded by the police during a street riot, and whom pay an unexpected toll.
Part of the "At Human Cost" film series presented in conjunction with "The Culture of Violence" exhibit on display at the University Gallery. MORE…
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The Brandon Teena Story
Directed by Susan Muska and Greta Olafsdottir
Tuesday, March 5, 2002
Amherst College Campus Center Theater
7 PM
A documentary about the story of Brandon Teena (a.k.a. Teena Brandon), a young woman who felt herself to be male and so assumed a masculine identity. When her true physical gender was discovered, Brandon was brutally raped and eventually killed by two men while was temporarily living in a small mid-western town.
Part of the "At Human Cost" film series presented in conjunction with "The Culture of Violence" exhibit on display at the University Gallery. MORE…
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The Official Story
Directed by Luis Puenza
Monday, March 11, 2002
Amherst College Campus Center Theater
7 PM
A story about a woman who begins to suspect that the child whom she and her husband adopted may be the daughter of a couple killed because of the repressive tactics of an Argentine military regime.
Part of the "At Human Cost" film series presented in conjunction with "The Culture of Violence" exhibit on display at the University Gallery. MORE…
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The Crying Game
Directed by Neil Jordan
Monday, April 1, 2002
Amherst College Campus Center Theater
7 PM
A complicated thriller about an IRA volunteer who befriends a British soldier being held hostage only to become involved later with the soldier’s lover.
Part of the "At Human Cost" film series presented in conjunction with "The Culture of Violence" exhibit on display at the University Gallery. MORE…
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A Time for Drunken Horses
Directed by Bahman Ghobadi
Monday, April 15, 2002
Amherst College Campus Center Theater
7 PM
The story of a close-knit family of five Kurdish orphans who struggle not only for daily subsistence, but desperately seek special medical care for their severely handicapped brother.
Part of the "At Human Cost" film series presented in conjunction with "The Culture of Violence" exhibit on display at the University Gallery. MORE…
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Amores Perros
Directed by Alejandro Gonzáles Ińárritu
Monday, April 8, 2002
Amherst College Campus Center Theater
7 PM
With the English translation "Love's a Bitch," this film portrays three interrelated tales of love and betrayal.
Part of the "At Human Cost" film series presented in conjunction with "The Culture of Violence" exhibit on display at the University Gallery. MORE…
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The Culture of Violence
Community Preview and Discussion
Thursday, January 17, 2002
Jones Library, 43 Amity Street, Amherst, MA at 7:00 pm
Before the opening of the spring exhibition The Culture of Violence, the University Gallery is reaching out to the community to explore (not exploit) the subject of violence and the impact the exhibition may have on the community. MORE…
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The Cultural of Violence
A Panel Discussion Exploring American
Violence and Its Historical Roots
Thursday, April 25, 2002
University Gallery, 4-6 pm
In conjunction with its current exhibit, The Culture of Violence, and the film series At Human Cost, the University Gallery, with co-sponsorship from Amnesty International, presents a symposium on Thursday, April 25 from 4 - 6pm in the University Gallery.
Cultural Violence: A Panel Discussion Exploring American Violence and Its Historical Roots provides a venue for discussion, education, and healing in the face of numerous forms of violence that surround us. MORE…
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The Belles of Amherst
Contemporary Women Artists
Friday, May 31 - Sunday, September 8, 2002
Fairchild Gallery at the Mead Art Museum, Amherst College
Summer Hours: Tuesday - Sunday, 1-4 pm
The Mead Art Museum celebrates 25 years of coeducation at Amherst College with The Belles of Amherst: Contemporary Women Artists in the Collections of the Mead Art Museum and University Gallery, University of Massachusetts Amherst. The exhibition will remain on view in the Fairchild Gallery from May 31 unto September 8. MORE…
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Private Eyes: Image and Identity
Saturday, September 14 - Friday, December 13, 2002
Gallery hours while the University is in session: Tues to Fri 11am to 4:30 pm, Sat & Sun 2pm to 5pm, Mon closed.
A group exhibition featuring work by artists who consider experiential and conceptual aspects of the self. Includes photographic and video-based works, as well as computer-generated sculpture by John Coplans, Barbara Ess, Ann Hamilton, Derek Jarman, Karin Sander, and Miri Segal. MORE…
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Liz Rideal: Works 1992-2002
Saturday, September 14 - Friday, October 25, 2002
University Gallery : Gallery hours while the University is in session: Tues to Fri 11am to 4:30pm, Sat & Sun 2pm to 5pm, Mon closed
Liz Rideal's exhibition of sensuous abstractions constructed from photobooth photographic strips. MORE…
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Helmut Newton / Garry Winogrand
Saturday, November 2 - Friday, December 13, 2002
University Gallery. Gallery hours while the University is in session: Tues to Fri 11am to 4:30pm, Sat and Sun 2pm to 5pm, Mon closed
Two portfolios of black and white photographs of women by these prominent photographers. MORE…
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