Tweed Museum of Art : Fables + Pyramids : Adu Gindy, Joy Kops and Peter Weizenegger

Fables + Pyramids

Adu Gindy, Joy Kops and Peter Weizengger

Through August 5, 2007

Opening Reception: Sunday, June 3rd, 2:00–4:00pm

The ancient Egyptians lived their entire lives preparing for death. They regarded death not in terms of an end to life and then heaven or hell, but as a continuation of a life on “the other side.” To insure happiness there, one needed to provide physical proof of one’s life on Earth, hence the elaborate tombs filled with objects illustrating the individual’s place in the world.

Fables and Pyramids uses the Egyptian model to focus on the life and passions of a contemporary local Egyptian man using artistic metaphors and personal possessions. Gindy, Kops, and Weizenegger create contemporary renditions of ancient beliefs, updating the Egyptian rites to accommodate the modern physical world and sensibilities.

The Duluth News Tribune ran a feature on the exhibition on May 26, 2007.


Fables + Pyramids Adu Gindy, Joy Kops and Peter Weizengger Through August 5, 2007 Opening Reception: Sunday, June 3rd, 2:00–4:00pm The ancient Egyptians lived their entire lives preparing for death. They regarded death not in terms of an end to life and then heaven or hell, but as a continuation of a life on “the other side.” To insure happiness there, one needed to provide physical proof of one’s life on Earth, hence the elaborate tombs filled with objects illustrating the individual’s place in the world. Fables and Pyramids uses the Egyptian model to focus on the life and passions of a contemporary local Egyptian man using artistic metaphors and personal possessions. Gindy, Kops, and Weizenegger create contemporary renditions of ancient beliefs, updating the Egyptian rites to accommodate the modern physical world and sensibilities. The Duluth News Tribune ran a feature on the exhibition on May 26, 2007. Peter Weizenegger, Rat Trap, 2006 mixed media, 11” x 8” x 16”