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**Media are invited to the opening reception on Friday September 26, 6-8 pm**

1968: Then and Now Exhibition goes on view
at the Tisch Department of Photography & Imaging

Exhibition Dates: September 2 – November 22, 2008
The Department of Photography & Imaging in the Kanbar Institute ofFilm and Television at New York University's Tisch School of the Artshas announced the dates for an exhibition presenting approximately 75works including letters, photographs, paintings, prints, video andinstallation art by 50 artists who have transformed our understandingof identity, resistance, war and peace.  This exhibition will open onSeptember 2 and remain on view through November 22.

Entitled, 1968: Then and Now, this multimedia exhibition explores anera when a multitude of social movements climaxed in discontent withpolitical order, particularly of the United States, that was rooted indomestic racial inequality and imperialist foreign policy. It alsoreflects on the presence of the memory of this time in our hearts andminds for 40 years. In 2008, our world is saturated with iconic imagesthat reflect upon and draw from 1968.  This exhibition combineshistorical and contemporary images that construct diverse storiesabout the culture of resistance, beauty, power, and the notion ofdisenfranchisement.  It has been curated by Deborah Willis, chair ofthe Department of Photography & Imaging.

Artists, filmmakers, and writers in the exhibition include: Emma Amos,Tomie Arai, William Cordova, Bruce Davidson, Thulani Davis, EllenEisenman, Leslie Hewitt, Jessica Ingram, Builder Levy, Lorie Novak,Norman Parish, Jolene Rickard, Stephen Shames, Margot Machida, ElaineMayes, Iris Morales, Paul Owen, Robert Sengstacke, Bob Stam, JamelShabazz, Hong-An Truong, Carla Williams, Carrie Mae Weems, FranWilson, and more.

The exhibition is sponsored by the Tisch Department of Photography &Imaging and the Nathan Cummings Foundation and will be concurrently onview at the Nathan Cummings Foundation, at 475 10th Ave., 14th fl,from September 20 through December 20. The opening reception for theexhibition at Nathan Cummings will be on Thursday, Septmber 25.

As a companion to 1968: Then and Now, a symposium of the same titlewill be held as a part of the Tisch School of the Arts Day ofCommunity on October, Monday, October 20 at the Cooper Union GreatHall.

The exhibition will be on view in the Gulf + Western Gallery and inthe 8th floor gallery of the Tisch School of the Arts Department ofPhotography & Imaging, located at 721 Broadway (at Waverly Place).Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays and noon to 5 p.m.Saturdays.  This exhibition is open to the public and admission isfree. Photo ID is required when entering the building. For furtherinformation, on the exhibition or any of its accompanying events,visit photo.tisch.nyu.edu or call 212/998-1930.

The Nathan Cummings Foundation is rooted in the Jewish tradition andcommitted to democratic values and social justice, including fairness,diversity, and community. We seek to build a socially and economicallyjust society that values and protects the ecological balance forfuture generations; promotes humane health care; and fosters arts andculture that enriches communities.

The Department of Photography and Imaging at the Tisch School of theArts is a four-year B.F.A. program centered on the making andunderstanding of images.  Students explore photo-based imagery aspersonal and cultural expression.  Situated within a university, theprogram offers students both the intensive focus of an arts curriculumand a serious and broad grounding in the liberal arts.  The facultyand staff consist of artists, professional photographers, designers,critics, historians, and scholars working from a wide range ofperspectives and media.

Image: palante, siempre palante (despues de T.Smith y J. Carlos en Mexico), 2004

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