In Conversation: Eric Stover and Michael Mascuch: Art for Human Rights

Panel Discussion | November 15 | 4-5 p.m. |  Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Panelist/Discussants: Eric Stover, Faculty Director, Human Rights Center of UC Berkeley School of Law; Michael Mascuch, Associate Professor, Rhetoric Department of UC Berkeley

Sponsor: Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Join Eric Stover, faculty director of the Human Rights Center at the UC Berkeley School of Law, and UC Berkeley Associate Professor of Rhetoric Michael Mascuch as they explore issues arising from the work on view in Art for Human Rights, featuring artists Fernando Botero, Ai Wei Wei, Ruth-Marion Baruch, and Pirkle Jones. 

The conversation will, in their words, address “the significance of abstraction and representation in political art . . . the potential and actual value of painting and photography in documenting history and providing forensic evidence . . . the ethics of creating and circulating images of violence and suffering . . . and the utility of icons in the global struggle for human rights.” 



Tickets not required: Free

Event Contact: 510-642-0808