LYKES ATRIUM EXHIBIT: "Locating the Law"

Date: September 04, 2025
Time (Duration): 9:00am (12h)

Event Description

LYKES ATRIUM EXHIBIT/Wilson Hall: "LOCATING THE LAW"

Art Exhibit: Thursday, Sept. 4-Friday, Oct. 31, 2025 in Lykes Atrium/Wilson Hall/Lenfest Center.

Opening Reception: Monday, Sept. 22, 2025 at 5 p.m.; Lykes Atrium/Wilson Hall/Lenfest Center

Panel Discussion: Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025 at 4 p.m/Wilson Hall Room #2018/Lenfest Center

No tickets are required.

Washington and Lee University's Staniar Gallery is pleased to present "Locating the Law," on view in Lykes Atrium. "Locating the Law" explores the places where Germany's constitutional identity has taken shape-from medieval cathedrals and Enlightenment-era town halls to postwar courthouses and modern office buildings. Featuring photographs by Alexander Telesniuk and adapted from the book Verfassungorte/Constitutional Places by Russell A. Miller, Markus Lang, and Kai-Michael Sprenger, the exhibition considers how democracy is rooted not just in texts but in physical spaces and shared public memory. Spanning over five centuries, the exhibition highlights sites where constitutions were debated, drafted, or defended. Telesniuk's images reflect the symbolic and practical importance of these locations, reminding viewers that building and maintaining a constitutional society is a collective, ongoing effort. The project builds on an original book project funded and published by Stiftung Orte der deutschen Demokratiegeschichte (The Foundation for the Places of the History of German Democracy).

Organized by Russell A. Miller and curated by John Gregory, Locating the Law is supported by the German Law Journal, the Frances Lewis Law Center and Washington and Lee's Art and Art History Department.

Please visit the gallery website for date changes and updates: http://go.wlu.edu/staniar