Exhibit: Bodies in Crisis
Spurlock Museum
600 S. Gregory St.
Urbana, Illinois 61801
(217) 333-2360
Hours
February 2, 2022
9:00am - 5:00pm
February 3, 2022
9:00am - 5:00pm
February 4, 2022
9:00am - 5:00pm
February 9, 2022
9:00am - 5:00pm
February 10, 2022
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February 11, 2022
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February 16, 2022
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February 17, 2022
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February 18, 2022
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February 23, 2022
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February 24, 2022
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February 25, 2022
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March 2, 2022
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March 3, 2022
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March 4, 2022
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March 9, 2022
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March 10, 2022
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March 11, 2022
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March 17, 2022
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March 30, 2022
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April 29, 2022
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May 6, 2022
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May 11, 2022
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May 12, 2022
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May 13, 2022
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May 18, 2022
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May 19, 2022
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May 20, 2022
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May 25, 2022
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May 26, 2022
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May 27, 2022
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June 1, 2022
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June 2, 2022
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June 3, 2022
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June 8, 2022
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June 9, 2022
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June 10, 2022
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June 16, 2022
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June 17, 2022
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June 22, 2022
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June 23, 2022
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June 24, 2022
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June 29, 2022
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June 30, 2022
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July 1, 2022
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July 6, 2022
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July 7, 2022
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July 8, 2022
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July 13, 2022
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July 14, 2022
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July 15, 2022
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July 20, 2022
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July 21, 2022
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July 22, 2022
9:00am - 5:00pm
July 27, 2022
9:00am - 5:00pm
July 28, 2022
9:00am - 5:00pm
Bodies in Crisis draws from our extensive collection of Ancient Mediterranean artifacts and modern reproductions. This new, temporary exhibit explores how ancient cultures navigated bodily crises through art. By representing the human body at important moments of change, ancient peoples investigated, remembered, mourned, celebrated, and protected themselves from harm.
“Crisis” is an ancient Greek word meaning decision or judgement. It is a turning point, a knife’s edge, a moment in time in which many possibilities exist simultaneously. The word has negative connotations in English, but the threat of crisis is subjective. Not all the ancient peoples represented in the exhibit would have experienced their embodiment as a crisis. Instead, their bodies often pose a crisis for others—how to respond to the body and how to interpret it.
Our bodies are always changing: from birth to death, through illness, disability, and pregnancy. Ancient peoples responded to these changes in their own ways and made objects that communicate their varied perspectives. Thus, the exhibit includes burial objects from Ancient Egypt, the Niger Valley, and Eastern Europe; figurines depicting human disability, such as a dwarf and a man with a curved spine from Ancient Egypt; as well as images of hybrid creatures (part human and part animal) from Ancient Greece and the Middle East.
