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A conversation with artist and architect Mohamad Hafez, the creator of the Yale Peabody Museum installation, “Eternal Cities,” will take place Friday, June 21 at 630 pm in the Museum’s Central Gallery.He will share his thoughts about life, art, and food, among other topics, in a conversation with Agnete Lassen, curator of the Yale Babylonian Collection, who worked closely alongside the artist to realize his vision. Marcia Inhorn, William K. Lanman Jr. Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs, will introduce the event.
Pistachio Cafe, Hafez’s acclaimed New Haven restaurant, will offer a select menu of delicious desserts at a reception taking place after the conversation.
Tickets are free, but registration is required.
Hafez channels the complexities of his homeland Syria in his art. Using found objects, paint and scrap metal, Hafez creates surrealistic, yet politically charged Middle Eastern streetscapes that incorporate the ancient and the new in a kaleidoscope of detail, color, and shapes.
His art installation “Eternal Cities,” on display in the Yale Peabody Museum’s second floor gallery “Egypt and Mesopotamia,” offers novel insights into the archaeological and architectural heritage of Syria and Iraq. By incorporating, original ancient artworks, historic photography, and 3D replicas of objects—along with a few real ones— from Yale’s collection, Hafez vividly reveals multiple layers of history.
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Yale Peabody Museum, 170 Whitney Ave,New Haven,CT,United States
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