Baggage claim

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Authors

Peeler Galleries, DePauw University

Image Date

9-1-2018

Description

Plaster, pain, antique type writer case, found objects, mp3 media player, rigid foam

Medium

Mohamad Hafez A Refugee Nation

Exhibit Date

September 1 - December 9, 2018

Exhibit Description

This exhibition presents the work of an international group of 18 artists who explore the impact of the vast scale of population mobility. While baggage has always symbolized migration and freedom, in the context of the current global atmosphere it has become an emblem of uncertainty, fear, and change. On an intimate level, baggage transports and holds personal belongings, and by implication is a rich metaphor for individual and family histories. The term baggage also carries significant psychological meaning, referring to the burdens or blessings of those things in life that cannot be left behind. Baggage Claims is the first exhibition to present a new body of work by contemporary artists who are examining these timely themes. Baggage Claims is organized by the Orlando Museum of Art and curated by Ginger Gregg Duggan and Judith Hoos Fox, c2 - curatorsquared. The exhibition began a national tour in 2018.This presentation of Baggage Claims is made possible by the Indiana Arts Commission, the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, the Efroymson Family Fund, The Janet E. Prindle Institute for Ethics, the Asian Studies Program at DePauw University, and the Peace & Conflict Studies Program at DePauw University.

Recommended Citation

Galleries, Peeler, "Baggage claim" (2018). All Past Exhibitions. 57, Scholarly and Creative Work from DePauw University.
https://scholarship.depauw.edu/peeler_exhibit/57