Exhibition. myths, memories and mysteries: artists revisit the past
Mon 30 June 2014 - Sat 1 November 2014
Museum of Classical Archaeology
Jointly hosted with Wolfson College.
This temporary exhibition explores the past and its influence upon artists’ work. They cannot escape the art that has preceded them nor the culture of their birth, and whilst they may interpret the past in their work consciously or unconsciously, we also view it through the lens of our histories.
Looking at artworks concerned with the past can enable us to see familiar things with new eyes and open minds. This is how we are invited to engage with over 70 works by a group of 13 contemporary artists, nine from Greece, one Chinese, one Australian and two British. They explore or reflect the influence the past has had on them, recording or interpreting it in a variety of media.
The exhibition takes as its starting point Byzantine culture and history and the Orthodox Christian religion. It covers a period from late antiquity to the twentieth century, beginning in the Eastern Mediterranean and including Anglo-Saxon and Irish Celtic influences, Beowulf and ancient legends, the Monastery of Mount Athos and an emigrant’s recollection of their Buddhist cultural formation.
Myths, Memories and Mysteries is a project of Edinburgh University Department of Classics and Bede's World Museum of Anglo-Saxon Northumbria at Jarrow, curated by Roger Wollen.
Cost: free
Enquiries and booking
No need to book.
Website Email: museum@classics.cam.ac.uk Telephone: 01223 330402
Timing
10:00am-5:00pm on weekdays from Monday 30 June 2014 until Friday 31 October 2014 (except on Bank Holidays)
10:00am-1:00pm Saturday every week from Saturday 11 October 2014 until Saturday 18 October 2014
10:00am-5:00pm Saturday every week from Saturday 25 October 2014 until Saturday 1 November 2014
10:00am-5:00pm on Saturday 27 September 2014
10:00am-1:00pm on Sunday 28 September 2014
All times
Mon 30 June 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 1 July 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 2 July 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 3 July 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 4 July 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Mon 7 July 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 8 July 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 9 July 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 10 July 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 11 July 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Mon 14 July 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 15 July 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 16 July 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 17 July 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 18 July 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Mon 21 July 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 22 July 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 23 July 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 24 July 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 25 July 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Mon 28 July 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 29 July 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 30 July 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 31 July 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 1 August 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Mon 4 August 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 5 August 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 6 August 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 7 August 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 8 August 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Mon 11 August 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 12 August 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 13 August 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 14 August 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 15 August 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Mon 18 August 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 19 August 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 20 August 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 21 August 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 22 August 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 26 August 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 27 August 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 28 August 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 29 August 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Mon 1 September 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 2 September 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 3 September 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 4 September 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 5 September 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Mon 8 September 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 9 September 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 10 September 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 11 September 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 12 September 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Mon 15 September 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 16 September 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 17 September 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 18 September 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 19 September 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Mon 22 September 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 23 September 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 24 September 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 25 September 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 26 September 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 27 September 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 28 September 2014 | 10:00AM - 1:00PM |
Mon 29 September 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 30 September 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 1 October 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 2 October 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 3 October 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Mon 6 October 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 7 October 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 8 October 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 9 October 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 10 October 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 11 October 2014 | 10:00AM - 1:00PM |
Mon 13 October 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 14 October 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 15 October 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 16 October 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 17 October 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 18 October 2014 | 10:00AM - 1:00PM |
Mon 20 October 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 21 October 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 22 October 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 23 October 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 24 October 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 25 October 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Mon 27 October 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Tue 28 October 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 29 October 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 30 October 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 31 October 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 1 November 2014 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |