LUNCHTIME GALLERY TALK | “Gardens, Spies, and History”

Gene R. Garthwaite, Professor Emeritus of History, Dartmouth College

February 8, 2017
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Location
Hood Downtown, 53 Main Street, Hanover, NH
Sponsored by
Hood Museum of Art
Audience
Public
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Alison Palizzolo
603-646-2426

Representation, metaphors, and irony are embedded in Behbahani’s paintings, but they are also deeply embedded in history—not only in Iran’s rich and ancient garden history but also in more recent political history, as Professor Garthwaite will discuss.

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Image caption: Bahar Behbahani, Preliminary Steps (detail), from the Garden Coup series, 2015-16, mixed media on canvas. Courtesy of the artist and Thomas Erben Gallery. © Bahar Behbahani. Photo by Adam Reich.

Location
Hood Downtown, 53 Main Street, Hanover, NH
Sponsored by
Hood Museum of Art
Audience
Public
More information
Alison Palizzolo
603-646-2426