Talks
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Join us for in-conversation event between Professor Judith K. Brodsky and Dr. Ferris Olin chaired by Marjorie W. Martay at Murray Edwards College.
Marian Maguire
Herakles the New Zealand Pioneer: an ancient Greek hero reflects on colonialism
Thu 28 May 2015
Museum of Classical Archaeology
Marian Maguire’s series of lithographs and etchings The Labours of Herakles superimposes an image of Herakles inspired by Attic black-figure vase-painting onto nineteenth-century New Zealand landscapes, wittily casting the hero as a European Pioneer. This talk will examine a selection of the prints, looking at their general and specific references to ancient material – including the Museum’s own casts of Greek sculpture – and how these are combined with other sources to create a new (anti-?)hero. It will focus particularly on Maguire’s use of Herakles, the archetypal ancient colonist, to comment on on-going debates about New Zealand’s colonial past.
For adults. No need to book.
Cost: Free
Enquiries and booking
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Enquiries: Jennie Thornber Website Email: museum-education@classics.cam.ac.uk Telephone: (01223) 330402
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