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ARC Gallery and Educational Foundation

Exhibition Detail

"60 Years"

2156 N Damen
Chicago, IL 60647

May 7th, 2008 - May 31st, 2008

Opening:
May 9th, 2008 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Homes for the Disembodied, Fabric
© Mary Tuma

> ARTISTS

Rajie Cook	Jan Tichy
John Halaka	Mary Tuma.
Jenny Polak

> QUICK FACTS

WEBSITE:

http://www.arcgallery.org

NEIGHBORHOOD:

North Side

EMAIL:

info@arcgallery.org

PHONE:

773.252.2232

OPEN HOURS:

Wednesday-Saturday 12-6 pm, Sunday 12-4 pm

TAGS:

sculpture, figurative, abstract, landscape, painting, drawing, realism, conceptual, video-art, installation, digital, photography, mixed-media

> DESCRIPTION

"60 Years:" Six artists, three Jewish/Israeli and three Palestinian: Granite Amit, Rajie Cook, John Halaka, Jenny Polak, Jan Tichy, Mary Tuma.

May 15^thmarks sixty years since the establishment of the state of Israel and the resulting Palestinian Nakba. 60 Years examines these events, along with the devastating effects of the continuing Occupation on the Palestinian people, and its impact on Israeli moral identity. This exhibition is a call to the American public for deeper awareness and open dialogue about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It supports all the organizations and individuals working towards a just, dignified peace and humane coexistence.