Castilla del Oro and the Regional Evolution and Dissemination of Ancient Metallurgic Iconography in the Isthmo-Colombian Area
Speaker/Performer Name
Orlando Hernández Ying
Uptown Campus
Dinwiddie Hall
305
Castilla del Oro and the Regional Evolution and Dissemination of Ancient Metallurgic Iconography in the Isthmo-Colombian Area - Orlando Hernández Ying
This talk revisits the history and dissemination of the art of metallurgy in the ancient Americas through a long process of intercultural exchange that extended over vast territories from South America to the periphery of the Caribbean Basin during the first millennium CE. The stylistic similarities between gold ornaments found in Colombia and Panama from various museum collections in the United States will serve as documentary evidence of the existence of a pan-regional cosmology over native cultures that until recently are being studied from a broader geo-cultural perspective.
Dr. Orlando Hernández Ying has dedicated over 20 years to museums and higher education. In his native Panama, Dr. Hernández was the head curator of the Anthropology Museum (MARTA) and held the position of National Coordinator of Museums where he oversaw 18 museums across the country. His trajectory in the U.S. includes collaborations with MoMA, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Dallas Art Museum, the Walters Museum in Baltimore, the Historic New Orleans Collection, and the Hispanic Society Museum & Library. Hernández Ying has taught at NYU, CUNY, Tulane University, and the National University of Panama. His academic training includes an MA in Museum Studies from NYU and a doctoral degree in Art History & Criticism from the Graduate Center City University of New York. The art historian recently joined the New Orleans Museum of Art as the Lapis Curator of Arts of the Americas—the institution’s first curatorial position dedicated to this area. He is in charge of the re-installation of NOMA’s Arts of the Americas galleries, where he aspires to exhibit the artistic wealth of the American continent in a more comprehensive and continuous geo-cultural contexts.
M.A.R.I. Lunch Talks invite guest speakers to host seminars at M.A.R.I. on a wide variety of topics related to the archaeology, history, and ethnography of Mesoamerica and other world areas. The events typically take place on Fridays around noon and can be delivered in English and Spanish.
