Walled Off: The Politics of Containment

The Military Museums :: Founders Gallery

Feb 1, 2019 - May 20, 2019 

Walled Off: The Politics of Containment

Perhaps the ultimate denial of freedom is captivity; this exhibition brings together photographic work that explores state suppression, control and containment, and summons the never-ending quest for individual liberty and human dignity.

Curator, Dona Schwartz, University of Calgary

Artists: NOOR Za’atari project artists Nina Berman with Andrea Bruce, Alixandra Fazzina and Stanley Greene), Edmund Clark, Paula Luttringer and Peter van Agtmael

Gallery Tour: Sunday, Feb 3, 2019 2:00 pm

Dona Schwartz, Professor, Department of Art at the University of Calgary is guest curator of this group exhibition of photography. The exhibition includes four sets of works by Peter van Agtmael (USA), Edmund Clark (UK), Paula Luttringer (Argentina) and NOOR Za’atari project artists Nina Berman (USA) with Andrea Bruce (USA), Alixandra Fazzina (UK) and the late Stanley Greene (USA). Dona will give a tour of Walled Off, accompanied by Edmund Clark, who will discuss his two projects examining the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.

Curator, Dona Schwartz, University of Calgary