Jeremy Deller "It Is What It Is: Conversations About Iraq"
The New Museum of Contemporary Art
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"It Is What It Is: Conversations About Iraq" is an exhibition by Turner Prize-winning British artist Jeremy Deller that encourages public discussion of the history, present circumstances, and future of Iraq.
Experts and witnesses, representing a wide range of experiences and perspectives on Iraq, will be in residence daily in the New Museum's gallery space during public hours with the purpose of initiating unmediated dialogue with Museum visitors. It is intended to be politically neutral, unscripted, and as formal or informal as each guest desires. Objects meant to further stimulate discussion about Iraq will share the gallery with the experts. The most significant artifact on display will be the remnant of a car that was destroyed in March 2007 by an explosion on Mutanabi street in Baghdad, which was once the site of numerous book markets and cafés, and considered the nexus of Baghdadi cultural and intellectual life. The car is meant to ground conversation in the facts, figures, and eyewitness descriptions that have been so lacking in most information about the Iraq war.
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Schedule
from February 11, 2009 to March 22, 2009