For Immediate Release 01/07/05:
CONTACT: JENNIFER KARSON (802) 656-0750
University of Vermont Students Curate Museum Exhibition
Collecting the Body, Transferring Desire
BURLINGTON, VT -- Curated by University of Vermont students, the exhibition
Collecting the Body, Transferring Desire presents a cross-cultural look at
objects, both familiar and strange, to suggest the ways that spirituality,
sexuality, and societal obsessions shape our experiences and perceptions of
the human body. The exhibition is a project of the University's Museum
Anthropology 250, a course taught by Department of Anthropology lecturer,
David Houston and Fleming Museum Manager of Collections and Exhibitions
Margaret Tamulonis.
While collectors and anthropologists have focused on behaviors and taboos
found in 'other' societies, outward expressions of our private selves,
including those labeled taboo, exotic, or odd, are similarly embedded in
Western cultures in surprising and novel ways. Using objects from the
Museum's extensive collection, Collecting the Body, Transferring Desire
intertwines history, fashion, and anthropology.
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Pumps, Satin, leather, ca.1960
Martha Caldwell Collection, 1987.11.29
Exhibition:
Collecting the Body, Transferring Desire
Where:
Fleming Museum, 61 Colchester Avenue, Burlington
When:
January 18 - June 5, 2005
Hours:
May 1 - Labor Day
Tuesday - Friday, noon - 4pm
Saturday & Sunday, 1 - 5pm
Labor Day - April 30
Tuesday - Friday, 9am - 4pm
Saturday & Sunday, 1 - 5pm
Closed Mondays and major holiday weekends.
Admission:
$5 adults, $10 family, $3 students and seniors. Free to Museum members;
UVM, Burlington College, Champlain College, Community College of Vermont,
and St. Michael's College faculty, staff, and students; and children 6 and
under.
Contact:
(802) 656-0750
Recorded:
(802) 656-2090
Web:
www.flemingmuseum.org
