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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 of
Film and Television at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts
has announced the dates for an exhibition presenting approximately 75
works including letters, photographs, paintings, prints, video and
installation art by 50 artists who have transformed our understanding
of identity, resistance, war and peace.  This exhibition will open on
September 2 and remain on view through November 22.


Entitled, 1968: Then and Now, this multimedia exhibition explores an
era when a multitude of social movements climaxed in discontent with
political order, particularly of the United States, that was rooted in
domestic racial inequality and imperialist foreign policy. It also
reflects on the presence of the memory of this time in our hearts and
minds for 40 years. In 2008, our world is saturated with iconic images
that reflect upon and draw from 1968.  This exhibition combines
historical and contemporary images that construct diverse stories
about the culture of resistance, beauty, power, and the notion of
disenfranchisement.  It has been curated by Deborah Willis, chair of
the Department of Photography & Imaging.


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


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



As a companion to 1968: Then and Now, a symposium of the same title
will be held as a part of the Tisch School of the Arts Day of
Community on October, Monday, October 20 at the Cooper Union Great
Hall.


The exhibition will be on view in the Gulf + Western Gallery and in
the 8th floor gallery of the Tisch School of the Arts Department of
Photography & 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 is
free. Photo ID is required when entering the building. For further
information, 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 and
committed to democratic values and social justice, including fairness,
diversity, and community. We seek to build a socially and economically
just society that values and protects the ecological balance for
future generations; promotes humane health care; and fosters arts and
culture that enriches communities.

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

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