HANS GUGGENHEIM at the Willey
a traveler's sketches of
the world & beyond
Dec 11, 2008- Feb 22, 2009 (opening reception Thurs,
Dec 11, 6 - 9 pm)
Michelle Willey’s home boutique is hosting an
exhibition of sketches by noted artist, scholar, philanthropist
and world-traveler, Hans Guggenheim, PhD. Just back
from two months in Asia, Guggenheim will be exhibiting
sketches from his travels both near and far, real and
imaginary.
To help promote art education, MW will donate 10% of
each sale to Project
Guggenheim – Guggenheim’s international
non-profit charity that provides training in traditional
arts and contemporary skills for young artists and artisans
in remote areas of the world.
Read more about Guggenheim and MW's opening reception
in the South
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| about the artist
Hans Guggenheim (b. in Germany 1924, resides in
Boston’s South End) is a rarity in today’s
world, a heart-centered Renaissance man whose
accomplishments in art, academia and service span
the globe.
Guggenheim was educated in England and lived
in Guatemala during World War II. There he began
painting and first exhibited his work publicly
in 1945. Influenced by his parents’ interest
in art, he studied art history in New York. In
1956, he traveled the world for LIFE
magazine, drawing and reporting on artists and
exhibitions. He then returned to NYC to pursue
his graduate studies.
Guggenheim has been Professor of Anthropology
at MIT, Visiting Scholar at Harvard’s Center
for International Affairs. He has worked in Mali
to build water-granaries and small dams during
the drought, and as an artist and supporter of
traditional art and craft around the world.
Based on years of experience in remote corners
of the world, in 1997, he founded Project Guggenheim
to provide high quality training in the traditional
arts and contemporary skills for students. Their
schools and programs (in Tibet, Mali, Guatemala
and northern Canada among the Inuit) support traditional
arts and encourage innovation — understanding
that for traditions to survive, they must respond
creatively to new cultural and economic challenges.
Dr. Hans Guggenheim speaks to Vietnam
Television reporter Nguyen Thi Phuong Lien, left,
at the Fine Arts Museum of Vietnam in Hanoi,Vietnam,
Oct. 3, 2008. The German-born anthropologist Guggenheim
donated Spanish artist Francisco de Goya’s
etchings “ Disasters of War, 1810-1820”,
to the museum. The museum opened the exhibition
on Oct. 3, 2008, under the title “Art in
Times of War”, which includes etchings of
Goya and a selection of works by contemporary
Vietnamese artists dealing with the subject of
war. (AP photo)
View
the video of the festivities in Vietnam.
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