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Spring 2004 Departments
Exchange
Around the Pond
Great Sport
Books
Freeze-Frame
Foundation News
Extended Family
Connections
Zip 01003
Features
The Cosby Principle
The Wildest Place in Boston
Manhattan's Hottest Property
Setting the Record Straight
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Extended Family
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Gallery: Mummy Dearest
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ANCIENT EGYPTIANS PRIZED THEIR IMAGES after their deaths as a nod toward immortality. This made their remains the perfect subject for John Simpson ’89 , an artist whose work has focused on concepts of death and disintegration for the last 15 years. In his recent show, “Unwrapped: Reflections on Death, Disintegration and Preservation,” in the Hampden Gallery at UMass Amherst, Simpson’s portraits of Egyptian mummies are brought to life through electric colors. “Growing comfortable with the images of some of the mummies, I’ve come to get a sense of the beauty and dignity, or alternately, the horror and degradation, of these personalities,” says Simpson. His paintings include both men and women, military figures, murdurers, mothers, and descendants of pharaohs. Through his detailed visages and accompanying statements, Simpson explores the methods and meanings of both successful and badly deteriorated mummifications. |
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In Memoriam
Full Obituaries
Souvenir
Souvenir: more images
Profile: Carl Vigeland '72
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Profile: Michael Garvey '87
Profle: Garvey larger image
Profile: The Restore
Profile: The Restore larger image
Profile: Daisy's: A Budding Success
Profile: Daisy's: larger image
Gallery: Mummy Dearest
Gallery: Mummy Dearest more images
Gallery: She's Under Our Skin
Gallery: Skin larger image
Ellsworth
Dutchy: larger image
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