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Japan's 'Floating World' offers parallels to our own
By Alex Rich | May 5, 2003In a Hood Museum exhibition, woodblock prints portray Tokugawa-era courtesans and kabuki stars
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Revealing the stories behind snapshots of refugee life
By Alex Rich | April 14, 2003American photographer Fazal Sheikh seeks out his subjects' back story in a new Hood exhibition
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Weems' 'Hampton Project' reframes photography's past
By Alex Rich | February 4, 2003The artist puts early photos by Frances Benjamin Harrison in a new artistic and social context
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Hood photo exhibit re-creates 1900 Paris exposition
By Alex Rich | January 29, 2003Photography is by no means restricted to a single representation or interpretation of reality. Instead, photographs gain much of their power from their ability to subtly engage their audience.
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Exhibition paints fascinating portrait of modernism
By Alex Rich | November 25, 2002'Decade of Modernism' highlights revolutionary artists during pivotal years in art: 1910-1920
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Orozco exhibit highlights artist's varied influences
By Alex Rich | October 15, 2002The enticement of looking beyond the familiar and re-examining the world from new perspectives lies at the heart of the work of Mexican painter, Jos Clemente Orozco.
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Photographer Higgins reflects on his work
By Alex Rich | February 4, 2002Photojournalist Chester Higgins, Jr. visited the Hood Museum Friday to discuss his numerous acheivements in his field. "It does not matter to me what a person or a thing looks like," Higgins said.
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Top of the Hop provides 'AREA' for student artwork
By Alex Rich | January 24, 2002For years, Dartmouth student artists have been trying to find an adequate and accessible space to display their work.
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Photo exhibit 'reflects' on modern African-American history
By Alex Rich | January 22, 2002Images often speak much louder than words. In describing history, photographs tell many stories, both personal and universal, about the scenes they capture and about the people they depict. Inherent in photography, too, are the photographers themselves.
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Mel Kendrick gets to the 'core' of sculpting with exhibit
By Alex Rich | January 18, 2002Not many people can look at a rotted tree trunk and sense its potential for artistic expression. Not everyone is Mel Kendrick. In the Hood Museum of Art's new exhibition, "Mel Kendrick: Core Samples," Kendrick, a contemporary sculptor, presents nine of his sculptures, created over the past two years.