Panel Discussion: Iman Issa, Basim Magdy, and Onur Öztürk; moderated by Karen Irvine
Museum of Contemporary PhotographyAbout The Event
Exhibiting artists Iman Issa and Basim Magdy will join Curator Karen Irvine and Onur Öztürk, professor of art history at Columbia College Chicago, for a discussion on monuments and monumentality, and their links to language and photography. Originally from Turkey, Öztürk focuses on art and architecture, and archaeology of Ancient Rome and the Islamic world.
Image credit: Iman Issa, Material for a sculpture commemorating a blind man who became a great writer opening up an unparalleled world of possibilities to the people of his nation, 2012
