In Pursuit of the Exotic: Artists Abroad in 19th Century Egypt and the Holy Land.
March 24 – April 30, 2009
The Dahesh Museum of Art and Syracuse University Art Galleries have formed a partnership, which will include the museum organizing several exhibitions annually from its own collection of 19th-century art in the academic tradition, complemented by works in the University’s rich collection, for presentation at the Palitz Gallery at Lubin House, as well as at the SUArt Galleries in Syracuse.The launch of this collaboration is scheduled for New York City this spring. From March 24 – April 30, a focused selection of the museum’s finest works will be featured in the exhibition In Pursuit of the Exotic: Artists Abroad in 19th Century Egypt and the Holy Land. Curated by David Farmer, the exhibition explores how artists in that era depicted their expanding world. The most exotic destinations for Europeans at that time were Egypt and the Holy Land, which, for centuries, had been difficult to reach. Egypt offered a mysterious culture and monumental environment, while the Holy Land combined a historical, religious connection with European tradition and an extraordinary visual “otherness.”
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