Discussions of the reuse of Roman honorific statues have primarily focused on examples of so-called damnatio memoriae, where the image of a condemned emperor or elite is reworked into that of someone else.  Sometimes the act of censure is easily recognizable and publicly exhibited.  In the imperial cult temple at Misenum, for instance, the full and youthful face of a bronze equestrian statue of the emperor Domitian was cut away and replaced with the pinched and aging face of his successor, Nerva.  But in other cases, labeling the statue as an example of so-called damnatio memoriae obscures

Michael McFalls is an Associate Professor and the Area Head of Sculpture at Columubus State 
University and Director of “Pasaquan” site near Buena Vista GA.  He is recipient of 
numerous awards including a recent Fulbright Fellowship.  He actively exhibits his sculptural 
installations nationally and internationally.  Michael will be visiting the Dodd to work 
collaboratively with studio faculty member Jon Swindler from Nov. 10-13, 2015. 
Michael will be providing a lecture on his practice on Tuesday Nov. 10th in Rm S150 from 4-5pm

Frances Whitehead is a civic practice artist bringing the methods, mindsets, and strategies of contemporary art practice to the process of shaping the future city. Questions of participation, sustainability, and culture change animate her work as she considers the surrounding community, the landscape, and the interdependency of multiple ecologies in the post-industrial city.

The Association of Graduate Art Students would like to invite you to a lecture by Dr. Gail Feigenbaum of the Getty Research Institute, who will present "Carracci's Butcher's Shop as if it were a Church ”.