Date: 2006-11-29
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The Loyola University Museum of Art will recognize World AIDS Day with the symbolic deflation and re-inflation of Lewis deSoto's sculpture of the Buddha. The sculpture, Paranirvana, will be deflated on Thursday, November 30 and re-inflated on December 1 in a figurative statement of support of the international movement.
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What:
The Loyola University Museum of Art will recognize World AIDS Day with the symbolic deflation and re-inflation of Lewis deSoto's sculpture of the Buddha. The sculpture, Paranirvana, will be deflated on Thursday, November 30 and re-inflated on December 1 in a figurative statement of support of the international movement.
The rise and fall of the 25' x 6' high sculpture of the Buddha will take approximately 25 minutes, and visitors are invited to participate by writing "notes of hope" and placing them on the LUMA Peace Wall.
The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.
When:
Thursday, November 30, 2006 and Friday, December 1, 2006
4:00 p.m.
Where:
Loyola University Museum of Art
820 North Michigan Avenue (Across the street from Water Tower Park)
Chicago, IL 60611
Why:
LUMA would like recognize the effort of individuals and organizations to help curb and cure AIDS throughout the world with the rise and fall of the Buddha, representing the contemplation of life, death, and renewal.
—Loyola—
Jennifer Lux
Communications Coordinator
312.915.6324
jlux1@luc.edu