An American soldier standing guard at the Berlin Wall

Overview

The Wall in Our Heads: American Artists and the Berlin Wall
October 23-December 13, 2015

Featured Artists:

Lindy Annis, Alexandra Avakian, Jonathan Borofsky, Chuck D, Frank Hallam Day, Electronic Disturbance Theater 2.0/b.a.n.g. lab, Ron English, Allen Frame, Leonard Freed, Nan Goldin, Keith Haring, Oliver Harrington, Carol Highsmith, James Huckenpahler, Allan Kaprow, Farrah Karapetian, Nilay Lawson, Oliver Miller, Adrian Piper, Stephanie Syjuco, Shinkichi Tajiri, Bill Van Parys and Reyes Melendez, and Lawrence Weiner.

Curated by Paul M. Farber, Postdoctoral Writing Fellow, Haverford College

Keynote Event: The Wall in Our Heads Public Conversation with Michael Kimmelman, architecture critic, the New York Times, and Paul M. Farber, curator of The Wall in Our Heads, Haverford College
Friday, October 23, 2015, 4:30 p.m.
Sharpless Auditorium, Koshland Integrated Natural Sciences Center

The Wall in Our Heads Opening Reception to follow in the Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Whitehead Campus Center, 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

The Wall in Our Heads: American Artists and the Berlin Wall is presented by the John B. Hurford ’60 Center for the Arts and Humanities with the support of Haverford’s new Initiative in Ethical Engagement and Leadership.

Photo: Leonard Freed, American Soldiers Stand Guard as the Berlin Wall is Put Up, 1961, Brigitte Freed/Magnum Photos