Community Event: UofO Museum of Art Summer Exhibits

June 18 – August 31, 2008

Faster, Higher, Farther:  The Spirit of Track & Field Sports is an exhibit of photography by David Burnett, Kenneth Jarecke, Dilip Mehta, and Annie Leibovitz that captures the speed, power, endurance of Olympic class athletes past and present.  The exhibit, prepared by Contact Press Images, New York, features arguably the most famous images of past Olympic games, trials and relays of these extraordinary athletes including Carl Lewis, Michael Johnson, and Mary Decker Slaney.

June 26 – September 7, 2008

The Thinking Body exhibition examines new ways of understanding how we perceive the body. Featuring objects, jewelry, and constructed spaces, The Thinking Body considers familiar forms in innovative and wonderfully surprising ways. Image credit: Gerd Rothman, German, Vier – Finger – Armreif (Four – Finger – Bangle), 1992, Gold, 43 x 68 cm, Loan courtesy of Susan Beech

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