Heritage Studies #10

Heritage Studies #10 is one entry in an ongoing series begun in 2015 that looks at artworks, objects, and structures from the past in an attempt to understand their relevance to the present and possibly the future. The series consists of displays based on objects and other elements from museums, each of which is identified by an accompanying caption. These span different historical regions and cultural lineages. Heritage Studies #10 is a copper model of a column, with a caption that reads “Column from the Great Colonnade of the Newly Founded Capital Samarra.” The term used as the series’ title signifies a return to the past that has been carried out with a practical contemporary aim in mind.