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Memory and the Work of Art
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March 30, 2011
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MEMORY AND THE WORK OF ART is a yearlong collaborative investigation into the relationship between the arts and cultural memory, organized jointly by arts and cultural organizations at Princeton University and in the Princeton community. On the tenth anniversary of September 11, 2001, the project examines how the arts shape our collective memory, decipher loss, and mediate our experience of global events. This expansive project encompasses exhibitions, concerts, performances, and lectures, drawing from history and neuroscience, music, dance, art, and the written and spoken word.
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 Inspired by the woodblock prints of Andō Hiroshige, artists Son'yu and Kashu traveled the Tōkaidō Road in 1919 and collaborated on a series of paintings of its legendary post stations. Mounted as handscrolls, the paintings became part of a tradition of art and literature that celebrated the route for over a century. In 1922, Nakamura Taikansha published this luxury printed version of the handscroll paintings, on view in the Museum's Japanese gallery. These works combine traditional and modern techniques, with gold and other rich colors printed onto collotypes of the original paintings.
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An Evening of Yoga and Meditation
Thursday, April 7, 7-9 p.m.
Art Museum galleries
For thousands of years, yoga and meditation have been tools to quiet the mind, bring transformation, and achieve wisdom--not unlike the benefits of exploring great works of art. Join Princeton's
YogaAbove instructor Michael Cremone for an exploration of the healing benefits of yoga, combining a lecture with yoga and meditation practices that you can take home with you. Bring your own mat or borrow one for the evening. Refreshments in the galleries to follow.
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Ars Moriendi and Reliquary: Memorialization in Music
April 13, 7 p.m.
Art Museum galleries
Reception in the Museum to follow
Ars Moriendi, composed by Steven Mackey, will be performed by the Jack Quartet; Geoffrey Burleson will give a solo recital of Reliquary, composed by Barbara White. These works renew the long tradition of personal and cultural memorialization in music that has given rise to such musical forms as the lament and tombeau. A conversation with the composers will follow the concert, organized by the Princeton University Department of Music as part of the yearlong project MEMORY AND THE WORK OF ART.
Tickets are $15, available through University Ticketing at (609) 258-9220, or online. Admission is free for students.
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The Museum is delighted to announce a new partnership with Trenton Catholic Academy, in which 33 third-graders will be participating in a six-session program at the Museum throughout the spring. Brice Batchelor-Hall, Manager of School, Family and Community Programs, and Toni Bennett, Trenton Catholic Academy art teacher, have developed a curriculum that supports and enhances the students' classroom experience. This new partnership builds on the Museum's long tradition of engaging younger students in looking at and thinking about great works of art.
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Spotlight on Fair Trade Products
For the Melange Collection, artisans in developing countries produce handcrafted toys that provide members of community-based organizations the opportunity to earn a living wage while honoring cultural traditions. New for spring is a sweet cotton sock monkey for the child in all of us. $32.95, $29.65 Friends members
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Upcoming Highlights
Ars Moriendi and Reliquary: Memorialization in Music
April 13, 7 p.m.
Princeton University Art Museum
Lasting Impressions of the Grand Tour: Giuseppe Vasi's Rome
March 5-June 12
Princeton University Art Museum
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Credits (top to bottom):
Princeton University Art Museum. Photo: Bruce M. White.
Masumi Hayashi, American, 1945-2006: Tule Lake Relocation Camp, Stockade, 1992. Chromogenic prints, 54.8 x 190.8 cm. Museum purchase, anonymous gift, in honor of Peter C. Bunnell (2003-256). © The Estate of Masumi Hayashi / photo: Bruce M. White.
Japanese, Taishō period, 1912-1926, Ōtani Sonyu, 1886-1939, and Iguchi Kashu, 1880-1930: Scrolls of Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō gojusantsugi emaki). Set of eight handscrolls; woodblock print over collotype on paper. Marquand Library of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University.
Steven Mackey. Photo: Jane Richey.
Reproduction of all images is prohibited by copyright laws and international conventions without written permission from the copyright holder. © 2011 Princeton University Art Museum
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