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Michael Aschenbrenner, Chronicles '68, 1982

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Michael Aschenbrenner: Damaged Bones

"Michael Aschenbrenner is a California glass artist, a retired high school art teacher and a Vietnam veteran who creates exquisite glass bone sculptures that serve as metaphors for the beauty and fragility of human life, of the artist's experiences in Vietnam and of his coming to grips with the Vietnam War and its aftermath.

Born and raised in California, Aschenbrenner joined the Army in 1967 and was sent to Vietnam in 1968, where he broke his leg in a hilicopter jump during the Tet Offensiv. Back home in the United States, he tried to forget the Vietnam War and the horror that surrounded it. Slowly, over time, the glass leg bone - bound, bandaged, splinted and healed- began to emerge as a dominant symbol and metaphor in his work. The exhibition features sculpture from the past 20 years, including recent work from his Tool Series."

--from Brushstrokes, Newsletter of the Hallie Ford Museum of Art
Date Day Time Event Location
August 20 Sat 10am - 5pm Michael Aschenbrenner: Damaged Bones exhibition opens Study Gallery, Hallie Ford Museum of Art
September 22 Thu 7-8 pm Illustrated slide lecture on the impact
of the Vietnam War on American art by John Olbrantz, Director of the Hallie Ford Museum of Art.		 Paulus Lecture Hall, College of Law
September 24 Sat 10-12 am Reception: Michael Aschenbrenner: Damaged Bones exhibition Lobby and Study Gallery, Hallie Ford Museum of Art
October 22 Sat 10am - 5pm Michael Aschenbrenner: Damaged Bones exhibition closes Study Gallery, Hallie Ford Museum of Art
Concerts, Screenings, Performances

Lectures

Date Day Time Speaker Topic Location
September 22 Thu 7-8 pm Michael Aschenbrenner Illustrated slide lecture on the impact of the Vietnam War on American art by John Olbrantz, Director of the Hallie Ford Museum of Art. Paulus Lecture Hall, College of Law
September 29 Thu 4-5 pm Linda Gordon, Professor of History, NYU Impounded: Dorothea Lange Photographs the Japanese Internment During World War II

Alumni Lounge, 3rd Floor
University Center
October 19 Wed 7:30 - 9:00 pm Phyllis Bennis, Senior Analyst, Institute for Policy Studies Salem Peace Lecture. "Challenging Empire: How People, Governments and the UN are Defying U.S. Power" Hudson Hall
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