Abu Ghraib Art Exhibition Details
+ Location: Room 190, Doe Library, UC Berkeley
+ Showing: January 29 - March 23, 2007
+ Hours: M-Th 10:00am - 7:00pm; F-Sat 10:00am - 5:00pm
This exhibit includes 24 paintings and 23 drawings from the provocative Abu Ghraib collection by Colombian artist Fernando Botero that depict the torture of Iraqi prisoners at the infamous Iraq prison.
This collection has been exhibited in major museums throughout Europe, but never in museums in the United States. Botero is considered Latin America's best known living artist and is among the best known artists in the world today.
In conjunction with this exhibit, the Center for Latin American Studies is hosting a series of related events. There will be a panel on "Torture, Human Rights and Terrorism" Wednesday, March 7, 4:00 p.m. at Booth Auditorium, Boalt Hall School of Law.
The discussion features Aryeh Neier (Pres. of Open Society Institute, NYU Adjunct Prof. of Law), José Zalaquett (Pres. of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights; Prof. of Law; co-director of the Human Rights Center at Univ. of Chile’s Law School.), Jenny Martinez (Stanford Assoc. Prof. of Law, argued the Rumsfeld v. Padilla case), and Philip Zimbardo (former Pres. of American Psychological Assoc.).
Webcasts of the previous Botero at Berkeley events are also available, including "A Conversation With the Artist" between former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Hass and Fernando Botero, and the "Art and Violence" panel discussion.
Newspaper articles on the exhibit from the San Francisco Chronicle, Sacramento Bee, and Associated Press are also available.
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