Three Views of Oman: The Photography of WIlfred Thesiger, Charles Butt and Edward Grazda 1945-2006
Wednesday, Mar 11, 20156:30 PM — Saturday, Apr 25, 20156:30 PMEDT
| The Cooper Union, 7 East 7th Street New York, NY
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“Three Views of Oman is a great example of the dialogue of cultures. Rather than repeating the Orientalist approach that has weakened so many Western studies of Arabic societies, this exhibition builds a new bridge between two civilizations with different histories but shared values.” -Radwan Ziadeh, George Washington University Collected here for the first time is a history of Oman in images. One of the most developed and stable countries in the Arab world and among the earliest adherents to Ibadi Islam, the sultanate sits along the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. From early days of world trade through the port of Muscat to contemporary engagement with international diplomacy and the West, Oman has always evoked beauty and mystery in equal measure. The Three Views of Oman exhibition reveals the country as its contours emerged over the past seventy years in an intimate portrait through the eyes of the West, as captured in images by English explorer Wilfred Thesiger in the 1940s, British Army major Charles Butt in the 1970s, and award-winning American documentary photographer Edward Grazda in the first decade of this century. The exhibition chronicles the rapid social and physical changes in Oman, as well as the changing nature of photography itself over 60 years. These original photographs have traveled to Oxford and London, England; Grenada, Spain and other destinations; this will be the only presentation in New York City. Presented by The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of The Cooper Union The Arthur A. Houghton Jr. Gallery 7 East 7th Street, 2nd Floor, between Third and Fourth Avenues New York, NY 10003 http://cooper.edu/architecture/events/three-views-oman-photography-wilfred-thesiger-charles-butt-and-edward-
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