Events
SPRING 2023 | UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO
College of Arts and Sciences Special
Exhibitions
Screenings 10: Shirin Neshat
Hostile Terrain 94 California Adaptation Exhibition
Shirin Neshat is a multidisciplinary artist whose mostly black-
On View: Feb. 8 to May 24 Copley Library
Fake News and Lying Pictures: Political Prints in the Dutch Republic
and-white photographs and films have been featured in museum
This spring semester, the Department of
Comedians, editorial cartoons and memes harness the power of
exhibitions and permanent collections for more than 30 years. She
Anthropology will host an adapted version
satire, parody and hyperbole to provoke laughter, anger — even
was born in Qazvin, Iran, and moved to the United States in 1974.
of Hostile Terrain 94. This is a participatory
action. These forms of expression are often traced to 18th-century
After studying art in Los Angeles and attending UC Berkeley, Neshat
exhibition created by the Undocumented
artists, such as William Hogarth, but they are grounded in the
moved permanently to New York City. Although she did not return to
Migration Project that visually displays
unprecedented freedom of artistic expression in the 17th-century
her birthplace in Iran until 1993, Neshat’s influential works consider
the deaths of undocumented migrants on
Dutch Republic. This exhibition explores the complex visual strategies
the multivalent experience of women living under a fundamentalist
California soil or waterways. Visitors will be
early modern Dutch printmakers used to memorialize historical
regime. Roja (2016) is the final work in a trilogy of videos, called
asked to reflect upon U.S. border policy and
events, lionize and demonize domestic and international leaders, and
Dreamers, which Neshat began in 2013. Loosely autobiographical,
the violence it inflicts on vulnerable people.
form consensus for collective action.
Roja exposes the artist’s desire for reunion with her family in Iran,
The exhibition will include information on
particularly her mother, even as it embraces Neshat’s fascination with
how to support humane migration and
dream states and uncanny narratives.
feature a creative space where visitors can
On View: Jan. 27 to March 3 Humanities Center Gallery, Saints Tekakwitha and Serra Hall
(Below) Shirin Neshat, Roja 2016 (still). Single-channel video installation, duration: 17 min, 15 sec. Courtesy: Shirin Neshat, Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels. © Shirin Neshat
write messages, produce art and leave altar offerings for the deceased migrants. The opening reception will be held at 4 p.m. on
On View: Feb. 10 to May 12 Hoehn Family Galleries, Founders Hall
For more information about University Galleries exhibitions, visit sandiego.edu/galleries. (Above) Jan Saenredam, Allegory of the Flourishing State of the United Provinces, 1602. Engraving with hand coloring on paper. Krannert Art Museum purchase through the Robert and Sonia Carringer Art Acquisitions Fund. 2018-9-1
Wednesday, Feb. 15.
MESSAGE FROM THE DE AN This spring semester, join the USD College of Arts and Sciences for its many exciting music and theatre performances, special guest and faculty lectures and renowned authors who will visit the USD campus. I am pleased to announce the continuation of the Humanities Center’s “Natural Landscapes and Human Meaning” three-year series that will focus on the desert this semester. Learn more about these events and our alumni, students and faculty from the Q&As and spotlights throughout this calendar. To receive complete event details and for additional events, please visit sandiego.edu/events/cas. Noelle Norton, PhD, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences