This Week at the IU Art Museum - 11/8-11/14

Mark your calendars! A lot is happening at the IU Art Museum this week!

Noon Talk:

An Inexhaustible World: Looking at Paul Strand's "House and Billboard"
Wednesday, November 10, 12:15 p.m.
Gallery of the Art of the Western World, Doris Steinmetz Kellett Gallery of Twentieth-Century Art, first floor
Richard L. Edwards, a film historian and visiting professor in IU's Department of Communication and Culture, will provide a close reading of Paul Strand's classic photograph of a house and billboard. In addition to exploring the work's striking formalism and mysterious narrative, he will also consider how the photographer/filmmaker's approach to physical space relates to contemporary "street views."

Mongolian and Tibetan Films:

In conjunction with the special exhibition, "From the Steppes and the Monasteries", the IU Art Museum has collaborated with the Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center to present screenings of four Mongolian and Tibetan films on Thursday evenings in October, November, and December.

Thursday, November 11, 8:00 p.m.
The Saltmen of Tibet (Tibetan)
Wylie Hall 005

Observing age-old taboos and steadfast homage to the deities of nature, four men meticulously plan their grueling three-month yak caravan to fetch "the tears of Tara," the precious salt from the holy lakes of northern Tibet.

Khadak (Mongolian)
Thursday, November 18, 8:00 p.m.

Mountain Patrol (Tibetan)
Thursday, December 2, 8:00 p.m.


One-Hour Exhibition:

La Belle Époque Posters

Friday, November 12, 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

The invention of lithography in the late eighteenth century led to an explosion in the production of color posters by the turn of the nineteenth century. Drawing inspiration from styles ranging from Art Nouveau to Surrealism, this mass-produced ephemera quickly became an art form in its own right. This month's works-on-paper viewing room exhibition will feature posters by masters of the medium such as Jules Chéret, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Pierre Bonnard, James Ensor, Alphonse Mucha, Thomas Theodor Heine, and William H. Bradley.

Visitors should meet in the museum's third floor office. No pre-registration is required, but space is limited. Admission will be on a first-come, first-served basis.

Cultural Program:
 

Consecration Prayers and Traditional Music from Mongolia and Tibet

Sunday, November 14, 2:00-3:00 p.m.

Thomas T. Solley Atrium, first floor

In conjunction with our special exhibition, "From the Steppes and the Monasteries: Arts of Mongolia and Tibet", the IU Art Museum will host a Consecration Prayer Ceremony to be conducted by Arjia Rinpoche of the Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center. After the ceremony, enjoy a concert of traditional Mongolian and Tibetan music, including a demonstration of a Mongolian instrument, the Morin Khuur (horse-head fiddle).