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EXHIBITIONS Storyteller An exhibition exploring how artists use the narrative form to process and explain important social and political events. 10 A view of an installation and video, In the Last 20 Minutes, by artist collective Missing Books, in the foreground; Steve Mumford’s scenes of Iraq and Mounir Fatmi’s Save Manhattan 02 in the background.
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11 In Return, Michael Rakowitz explores communication in politicized contexts by documenting efforts to open an Iraqi date export business. 12 Steve Mumford’s watercolor-and-ink drawings document daily life in Baghdad.
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13 Lamia Joreige’s video Objects of War no.3 uses real and fictional narratives to investigate histories of the Lebanese civil war. 14 Mounir Fatmi’s Save Manhattan 02 depicts the pre-9/11 skyline of lower Manhattan in stacked VHS videocassettes.
Workwear An exhibition and programming series exploring the legacy of workwear in American fashion and its influence on contemporary constructions of New York as a fashion capital. Presented in celebration of the new MFA in Fashion Design and Society. 15 The exhibition included mascot designs by design team Rebecca and Mike and an FBI jacket by Spiewak from Undercover, an installation by Shelley Fox.
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16 Parsons Dean Joel Towers and Shelley Fox, the Donna Karan Professor of Fashion Design, at the reception 17 Donna Karan ’87: Featured in Donna Karan: Seven Easy Pieces, a film by Denis Piel
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