The Icon and Modernity: a conference and exhibit | October 17-19, 2003 | program of events now online

[Douglas Greenfield]

THE ICON AND MODERNITY
Columbia University, October 17-19, 2003

The Harriman Institute will host the interdisciplinary conference "The 
Icon and Modernity: Mystery, Meaning, Means" on October 17-19.

The three-day conference and exhibit will be held in various locations 
on the Columbia campus.

All events are free and open to the public.

Interdisciplinary panels include:

Icon and Text
Icon and Empire
Curators and Commissars
Canon Flux and Redux
Mixed Media
 From the Machine to the Easel

On Friday evening, October 17, the artists Vitaly Komar and Alex Melamid 
will give the keynote presentation “In Search of Religion," with a 
reception to follow.

On display will be works of religiously inspired art from local artists 
and collections.

For all the details, please visit the conference Website at

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/sipa/REGIONAL/HI/icons.html

Contact: iconconf at columbia.edu

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