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...Lehrer-Graiwer and Nicholas H. Ma ’05 met with OFA Director Jack C. Megan earlier this fall to discuss the possibilities of installing student artwork in the entrance atrium of the OFA early next year...
...over, the physicality of the project is gone—but the memory or the emotion [of the project] really remains in the community,” Lee says. “I want people to say, ‘There was an artist that did this in their artwork; how can I incorporate this in my life...
Maybe this whole debate is simply a measure of the war’s success. Instead of talking about tens of thousands of Iraqis and Americans slaughtered in a grisly showdown over Baghdad, we’re focusing on the destruction of artwork. But people seem to have forgotten that the fall of Baghdad could very easily have been a horrific battle. Our perfect hindsight makes it easy to criticize the Coalition for not sprinkling a tank here and there to protect important museums; after all, a counter-attack never materialized. Yet these are not realistic demands, for isolated...
...even if we pretend for a moment that the military should have done more to protect Iraqi artifacts, the furor over the looting is quite disturbing in itself. Let’s be honest here. The outrage over lost artwork is based on the wicked premise that future generations will miss these artifacts much more than they’ll miss the thousands of people who died—or could have died—in this war. After all, there is only one Harp of Ur, but ordinary Iraqis and Americans are replaceable...
After ascending the stairs, restaurant-goers enter an intimate dining area tastefully decorated with white Christmas lights and Thai artwork. Figures of two women carved from teak appear to dance on large black spoons that dangle from the wall. Fresh flowers decorate each table and larger displays of bright flora emerge out of flowerpots crafted from bamboo and twine. Animated images of Asian children wearing clothes straight from The Flintstone era adorn the walls, and piped in pop music plays softly in the background. Of course, the relaxed atmosphere isn’t the main draw of Smile?...