Saturday, November 13, 2010

Peltier exhibit at Syracuse University beginning on November 18


RIGO 23: THE TATE WIKUWA MUSEUM: NORTH AMERICA 2024
November 18, 2010 through February 6, 2011

The Warehouse Gallery
350 W. Fayette Street, Ground Floor
Syracuse, NY 13202

Opening Reception on 18 November 5–8 p.m.

Symposium sponsored by the Humanities Center, Syracuse University, all day on November 20.

San Francisco based artist Rigo 23 is known nationally and internationally for his highly political site-specific work. The exhibition title refers specifically to Leonard Peltier’s given name in Dakota (Tate Wikuwa), to his next parole hearing in 2024, and to Rigo 23’s former project at the De Young Museum in San Francisco (1999). The Warehouse Gallery’s exhibition will showcase Peltier through the visual arts (oil paintings), as well as educational components such as talks and a symposium sponsored by the Humanities Center at Syracuse University.

Open and free to the public.

Gallery hours:

TUESDAY—SATURDAY
12—6 p.m.

THIRD THURSDAYS
12—8 p.m.

SUNDAY—MONDAY
CLOSED

Closed on holidays and from December 23, 2010, through January 4, 2011 (SU Green days). Limited parking is available in The Warehouse Lot (WHSE), call SU Parking Services for details (315) 443-4652. The gallery is on the Connective Corridor Free Shuttle Route, see Centro #543.

The Warehouse Gallery
350 W. Fayette Street, Ground floor, Syracuse, NY 13202
Tel: 315.443.6450; Fax: 315.443.6494
http://thewarehousegallery.syr.edu

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