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From the Time of Morning Prayers
Daniel Heyman
2008
Gouache and ink on Nishinoushi paper
25x37"
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Did you Ever See This? Did This Happen to You?
Daniel Heyman
2008
Gouache and ink on nishinoushi paper
25x37"
Photo credit: Paul Ryder
Current and Upcoming ExhibitionsIn his haunting portraits, Daniel Heyman explores highly topical subjects ranging from the treatment of the Abu Ghraib prisoners to the Blackwater Baghdad shootings. Heyman’s art reveals the humanity of his subjects by literally telling their stories--in many of the pieces in the show he includes textual snippets of the subjects' conversations with lawyers, which he witnessed in Amman, Jordan and Istanbul, Turkey. By working on-site to transcribe his impressions of these interviews in watercolor, oil pastel, and etchings scratched directly into the plate, Heyman lends a gripping sense of immediacy to his work.
This timely exhibition is presented by the UIMA in collaboration with the Old Capitol Museum, the UI Center for Human Rights, and the UI College of Law. It will be on display in the Hanson Family Humanities Gallery, located on the ground floor of the Old Capitol Museum on the University of Iowa Pentacrest, and it will culminate in a visit from Daniel Heyman in December.
RELATED EVENTS :
3:30-5:30 p.m. October 31: Symposium, "Face-to-Face: The Terror of Interrogation." Preview tour of exhibition to follow presentation.
4 p.m. December 4: Gallery Talk: Daniel Heyman, Senate Chamber, Old Capitol Museum
December 5: School of Art and Art History studio graduate student critiques
5-7 p.m. December 5: Panel discussion on "Know the Score LIVE!," Senate Chamber, Old Capitol Museum
Visit Daniel Heyman's Web site for more more information.
