{"id":3848,"date":"2015-07-29T16:41:59","date_gmt":"2015-07-29T21:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/?p=3848"},"modified":"2015-08-20T15:03:38","modified_gmt":"2015-08-20T20:03:38","slug":"art-and-the-global-aids-crisis-eggs-benedict-opens-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/2015\/07\/art-and-the-global-aids-crisis-eggs-benedict-opens-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cArt and the Global AIDS Crisis: Eggs Benedict\u201d Now on view Baumgartner Galleria through August 31, 2015,"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>July 29, 2015<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u201cArt and the Global AIDS Crisis: Eggs Benedict\u201d Now on view Baumgartner Galleria through <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_412750759\"><span class=\"aQJ\">August 31, 2015<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Special presentation includes a multidisciplinary panel discussion <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Milwaukee \u2013<\/strong> The Milwaukee Art Museum today announced the opening of a special presentation \u2013<em> \u201cArt and the Global AIDS Crisis: Eggs Benedict.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve seen tremendous debate about \u2018Eggs Benedict\u2019 in the last few weeks and believe there is a great opportunity and strong need for public dialogue around the piece,\u201d said Milwaukee Art Museum Director Dan Keegan. \u201cTo meet this need and further the discussion, we will display the piece now as part of a special presentation in August, rather than in November.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEggs Benedict\u201d will be displayed along with didactic materials that place the piece in the context of the issues it was created to address, along with opportunities for community engagement and comment. \u00a0This presentation will be on view in Baumgartner Galleria, and will be clearly marked so that those that would prefer not to see the piece can avoid it.<\/p>\n<p>The special presentation will also include a multidisciplinary panel discussion with voices from the artistic and religious communities who will discuss the issues around the piece including its commentary on the AIDS crisis and the role of art and religion. The panel \u2013 \u201c<strong>Art, AIDS, Religion and Censorship<\/strong>\u201d \u2013 will be held on August 20<sup>th<\/sup> at 6:15 PM and include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Brady Roberts, Chief Curator, MAM, Moderator<\/li>\n<li>Niki Johnson, Artist<\/li>\n<li>Jonathan Katz, Associate Professor of Visual Studies, Art Department, University of Buffalo<\/li>\n<li>Jamie Manson, Theologian; book editor and columnist with National Catholic Reporter<\/li>\n<li>Kali Murray, Associate Professor of Law, Marquette University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>About \u201cEggs Benedict\u201d<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEggs Benedict\u201d was created by Milwaukee artist Niki Johnson in 2013 to bring awareness to the global AIDS epidemic. The artist felt compelled to make the portrait of Pope Benedict XVI after remarks he made on a trip to Africa in March of 2009 suggesting that condoms would not prevent the transmission of AIDS. Johnson developed a system using colored condoms to create an embroidered portrait of the pope. The work required 17,000 condoms and took three years to complete.\u00a0 For Johnson, embroidery was a deliberate choice, given that it is a craft technique used by impoverished populations where AIDS is more prevalent. The artist intended it as a catalyst for conversation about the larger issues surrounding the AIDS epidemic in Africa and among disenfranchised people.\u00a0 \u00a0It was donated to the museum by Joseph Pabst.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 July 29, 2015 \u201cArt and the Global AIDS Crisis: Eggs Benedict\u201d Now on view Baumgartner Galleria through August 31, 2015 Special presentation includes a multidisciplinary panel discussion Milwaukee \u2013 The Milwaukee Art Museum today announced the opening of a special presentation \u2013 \u201cArt and the Global AIDS Crisis: Eggs <a href=\"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/2015\/07\/art-and-the-global-aids-crisis-eggs-benedict-opens-tomorrow\/\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  \u201cArt and the Global AIDS Crisis: Eggs Benedict\u201d Now on view Baumgartner Galleria through August 31, 2015,<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":858,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/858"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3848"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3875,"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3848\/revisions\/3875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}