Columbia University
january, 2020
Event Details
Icons and Images: Objects of Commemoration and Presence
Tuesday, January 28 @ 5:30 PM
Deutsches Haus, 420 W 116th Street
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German artist Heide Hatry, who creates portraits out of cremated remains of her subjects, will discuss issues of presence, our relationship to the dead, and the place of art in the process of grieving. She will be in conversation with celebrated historian Caroline Walker Bynum, University Professor emerita at Columbia University.
This event is organized by the Institute for Religion, Culture and Public Life and cosponsored by the Departments of Art History, History, and Germanic Languages.