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de Saisset Museum Presents The Veil Visible and Invisible Spaces

The de Saisset Museum presents The Veil: Visible and Invisible Spaces on view January 15 – March 11, 2011.

This traveling exhibition features more than thirty works of art that explore the veil in its broadest and most universal contexts. Organized into three thematic sections—The Sacred Veil, The Sensuous Veil, and The Sociopolitical Veil—the show aims to transcend current clichés and stereotypes of Islamic practices and to investigate the importance of the veil throughout human history.

The veiling of women, men, and sacred places has existed in countless cultures and religions throughout history. Veiling expands far beyond Islam and the Middle East, yet it is vastly misunderstood and today it is a battleground for power and political agendas. The artists included in this exhibition examine issues such as modesty, oppression, liberation, freedom of expression, spirituality, nature, and magic. They represent diverse backgrounds, spiritual practices, and points of view. Through their work, the artists in this show challenge, condemn, embrace, and praise the veil.

A visual companion to the curator Jennifer Heath’s edited volume, The Veil: Women Writers on its History, Lore, and Politics (University of California Press), this exhibition includes works in a variety of mediums, including painting, sculpture, photography, installation, and new media.

Artists in the exhibition include Sama Alshaibi, Tulu Bayar, Tiffany Besonen, Elizabeth Bisbing, Christine Breslin, Jo-Ann Brody, Fatma Charfi, Juliet Davis, Rebecca DiDomenico, Yassi Golshani, Ana Maria Hernando, Valari Jack, Tsehai Johnson, Tania Kamal-Eldin, Deb King, Mary Kite and Ana Baer-Carillo, Shakuntala Kulkarni, Anita Kunz, Judith Selby Lang, Victoria May, Aphrodite Desirée Navab, Brenda Oelbaum, Sara Rahbar, Larissa Sansour, Mary Tuma, Kim Turos, Kerry Vander Meer, Eve Whittaker, Sherry Wiggins, and Helen Zughaib. In addition, The Veil features the 23 artist (Euroamerican and others) portfolio in book form, Reinterpreting the Middle East. The Veil is organized by independent curator Jennifer Heath.

The de Saisset Museum at Santa Clara University 500 El Camino Real Santa Clara, CA 95053 408.554.4528

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