Hillwood Art Museum on the C.W. Post Campus Presents
“Disarming Images: Picturing Dissent in the United States”
Exhibition – September 6 to November 5, 2005
Opening Reception – Thursday, September 15, 5 to 8 p.m.
Lecture: “The Urge for Going: A Survey of Dissident Photographs”– Thurs., October 27, 7 p.m. 

August 26, 2005 – Hillwood Art Museum will present Disarming Images: Picturing Dissent in the United States September 6 – November 5, 2005. An exhibition prepared by Artists Against the War, Disarming Images is a compilation of powerful visual material opposing the war in Iraq. It is a multi-faceted media installation, incorporating DVDs, large format prints, and an installation of protest posters.  The Disarming Images DVD consists of activist projects and political documentaries, from images of signs seen at mass protests and large-scale projections of still images interspersed with video. Included are Paul Chan’s Baghdad Snapshot Action – street posters based on everyday photos of Iraqi people – and Eyes Wide Open, video of an exhibit that features hundreds of military boots representing lost soldiers, which was first installed in the Judson Church in New York City in September 2004 before it began traveling across the United States.

Disarming Images displays the vitality of the grass roots anti-war movement: the readings and performances; the public installations; street and web art; billboards and murals; photographs and films – a mix of alternative, cutting edge and traditional media. 

The Opening Reception for Disarming Images will take place on Thursday, September 15, from 5 to 8 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public.

On Thursday October 27 at 7 p.m., speaker Peter Moriarty will present a lecture titled “The Urge for Going: A Survey of Dissident Photographs.” The work of Tina Modotti, Eugene Smith, Susan Meiselas and others will be discussed. 

Hillwood Art Museum presents a year-round schedule of temporary and permanent exhibitions that cover topics from antiquity to the cutting edge of contemporary art. The 4,500 square foot Museum boasts a beautiful curved gallery which Phyllis Braff of The New York Times has called “one of the Island’s most dramatic showcases for art.” Hillwood Art Museum’s impressive and eclectic Permanent Collection consists of objects dating from the earliest of man’s creative endeavors to contemporary art. The Museum conducts an active and well-attended Education Program that includes a Thursday Evening Lecture and Performance Series and extensive hands-on educational programs for local schools.

Admission to Hillwood Art Museum is free and open to the public. Museum hours are Monday to Friday 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Thursday until 8 p.m. and Saturdays 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.. Hillwood Art Museum is located on the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University, 720 Northern Blvd. (Route 25A), Brookville. The Museum has ample free parking and is handicap accessible. For more information, call (516) 299-4073 or visit www.liu.edu/museum.