Reviews, Articles and Interviews

Review from The Civilization of Llhuros exhibition at the Indianapolis Art Museum, November 7, 1973.

The following is a broad range of materials, including newspaper reviews, interviews, and more in-depth journal articles, reflecting a variety of perspectives and levels of analysis. The originals may be found among the Norman Daly papers in the Cornell University Archives.


1968–71

Cornell University

EPOCH Vol. XVII; No. 3

Cornell University Arts and Sciences

Spring 1968

Cover graphic using Llhuroscian imagery and text

Civilization of Llhuria: Announcement

Art Journal

Vol. 31 No. 1, p.66

July 1971

Announcement of Cornell exhibition

The Civilization of Llhuria: Press Release

Andrew Dickson White Museum of Art
Cornell University

Fall 1971

“Luria” was Daly’s original name for the work


1972

Andrew D. White Museum of Art

Cornell University
January 25–March 5, 1972 (Premiere)

Thomas Leavitt Interviews Norman Daly

October 26, 1972

1972 exhibition catalog

Artifacts of Lost Civilization on Display at Cornell

The Ithaca Journal

Jack Sherman

February 12, 1972

The Civilization of Llhuros

The New Republic

‘On Art’

Kenneth Evett

January 12, 1972

A Forged Civilization

Cornell Daily Sun

January 28, 1972

The Fabulous Llhuroscians

Newsweek Magazine

Charles Michener

February 28, 1972

Civilization of Llhuros

Cornell Alumni News

March 1972

Civilization of Llhuros: Advance Story

Cornell Alumni News

Marilyn Rivchin

March 1972

Norman Daly at Cornell

Art in America

Thomas Leavitt

March–April 1972

Look for the Red Layer

Robert Ascher
Professor of Anthropology/Archaeology
Cornell University

1972 Exhibition Catalog


Akron Art Institute

September 16–October 23, 1972

The Civilization of Llhuros

Cleveland Magazine

David Galloway

September 1972

They Unveil Artistic ‘Put-Ons’ At Art Institute

Akron Beacon Journal

‘About Town’

Betty Jaycock

September 15, 1972

Venturing Out of This World

Cleveland Plain Dealer

‘Art on Artists’

Helen Borsick

September 17, 1972

Fun Is In The Fakery

Akron Beacon Journal

September 17, 1972

Artist’s Hoax Acclaimed

Ithaca Journal

September 17, 1972

Well Done Professor (Translated from French)

Akron Beacon Journal

Carolyn Carr

September 24, 1972

The Civilization of Llhuros

Toledo Blade

October 1, 1972


Memorial Art Gallery

University of Rochester
November 4–December 3, 1972

Norman Daly’s Civilization

Gallery Notes

November 1972

The Llhuros

Rochester-Times Union

November 2, 1972

Dehumanized ‘Art’

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

November 4, 1972

The Parallels Pinch: Ersatz Culture May Be Relevant

Brighton-Pittsford Post

November 9, 1972

Imagined Primitive Kingdom of Llhuros

Public Opinion

Chambersburg, PA

November 16, 1972

Cornellian’s Parable Draws Charge of ‘Dirty Old Man’

Star-Gazette Sunday Telegram

Elmira, NY

November 21, 1972


1973

University Art Gallery

SUNY Albany
January 15–March 11, 1973

Water Color Announcements

University Art Gallery

Don Mochon

January 1973

Civilization ‘Artifacts’ at University

Knickerbocker News

January 9, 1973

Discoveries’ of Culture On Display

The Troy Record

January 9, 1973

Civilization of Llhuros: Art Exhibit or Hoax?

Albany Times Union

Robert Cartmell, Art Critic

January 14, 1973

The Llhuros Exhibit — Come Dig It!

The Kite

‘On Art and Artists’

Frank Fox Jr.

January 17, 1973

The Ambiguous Culture of Llhuros

Albany Student Press

January 19, 1973

The Civilization of Llhuros

Washington Park Spirit

Mary Arensberg

January 24, 1973

The Elaborate Joke

Albany Student Press

Bill Brina

February 6, 1973


Indianapolis Museum of Art

November 7–December 16, 1973

IMA To Feature Llhuros Exhibit

Indianapolis Star

October 28, 1973

Honda Packing Crate Finds Place in Art

Indianapolis News

October 28, 1973

Daly’s Fantasy Finds Followers

Indiana Daily Sun

November 10, 1973

Satire on Discoveries

Louisville Courier-Journal & Times

November 11, 1973

Artificial ‘world’ a mirror of reality

Chronicle-Tribune

Marion, Indiana

November 16, 1973

Counterattack

The New Republic

‘On Art’

Kenneth Evett

November 24, 1973

Tlön, Llhuros, N. Daly, J. L. Borges

Modern Fiction Studies

Vol. 19 No. 3

Clark M. Zlotchew

1973


1974

Roberson Center for Science and Art

Binghamton, NY
January 13–February 24, 1974

Llhuros Place in the Mind—Not Entirely Fictitious

Press and Sun-Bulletin Evening Press

Peg Stomierowski

January 6, 1974

Contact with a Strange Civilization

Pipe Dreams

January 16, 1974

Llhuros — Place in the Mind, Not Entirely Fictitious

Binghamton Press and Sun-Bulletin Evening Press

January 16, 1974

We Are All Stilt-Walkers

Binghamton News

‘Plain Talk’

David Bernstein

1974

Roberson Visitor Comments

Exhibition Guest Book Entries

January 13–February 24, 1974


University of Pennsylvania Art Gallery

Philadelphia
March 22–April 30, 1974

Professor, Crafty Devil, Puts Fantasy on Display

Philadelphia Inquirer

March 18, 1974

In the Lost Civilization of Llhuros

Philadelphia Evening Bulletin

March 19, 1974

Museum Exhibit Explores ‘Ancient’ Llhuros Relics

Daily Pennsylvanian

March 21, 1974

Art Relics of a Non-Existent People

San Francisco Examiner

March 25, 1974

Legend of Llhuros Lures Gulls to the Museum

Philadelphia Daily News

March 27, 1974

LLhuros

Pennsylvania Gazette

May 1974

Cornell Hoaxer’s World Too Close for Comfort

The Sunday Press

Binghamton, NY

November 12, 1974


Römisch-Germanisches Museum (Projekt ’74)

Cologne, Germany
July 6–September 9, 1974

The Rediscovered Time

Projekt ’74
“Kunst Bleibst Kunst” (German and English)

Evelyn Weiss

Evelyn Weiss was author of the catalogue introduction for Projekt ’74

‘Llhuros’ is Growing

Ithaca Journal

September 25, 1974

Artist Creates ‘Ancient’ Present

Cornell Daily Sun

September 30, 1974

Kunst Bleibt Kunst: Projekt ’74

The New Republic

“On Art”

Kenneth Evett

1974

After Seven Years, Llhuros Returns from Germany

Cornell Chronicle
Cornell University

October 8, 1981


1975

Xerox Square Exhibition

Rochester, NY
September 13–November 2, 1975

‘Unordinary Realities’ Fine Art Freak Show

Rochester Democrat-Chronicle

Jackie Farnan

September 14, 1975


1976–2003

Masks Tents Vessels Talismans

Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)
University of Pennsylvania

1979–80

Llhuroscian Artifacts Featured in Rotterdam

Cornell AAP Newsletter

1983–84

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, “Imaginair Landen”

The Essence of Life is Change

Ithaca Journal

Sid Mesibov

March 6, 1987

The First Multimedia Exhibition in the Genre of Archaeological Fiction

Leonardo Journal — MIT Press

Norman Daly with Beauvais Lyons

1991


2004

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art

Cornell University
The Civilization of Llhuros and Other Works

Fake Societies and Real Rembrandts

The Cornell Daily Sun
Red Letter Daze Magazine

February 24, 2004

Norman Daly: The Civilization of Llhuros and Other Works

“At the Johnson” Members Newsletter

Spring 2004


2005–present

Memories of a Unique Exhibit

Amazon Book Review

Avoraciousreader

July 17, 2009

Norman Daly, Artist and Curator
Creating Both Object and Installation

Jennifer Restauri (Dickinson)

Thesis Excerpt

2010

Class Examines Cornell Past and Future

Cornell Chronicle

Linda Glaser

April 28, 2014


Istanbul Biennial 2019 — Pera Museum

16th Annual Istabul Biennial

Art Review

Ben Eastham

October 2, 2019

The Evil Continent: Catastrophes, Witchcraft, and (Un)Happy Islands at the Istanbul Biennial

Przekrój Magazine (Warsaw)

Stach Szabłowski, trans. by Aga Zano

A Self-Mythologizing Practice

Jonathan Goschen

Capetown University

October 2, 2019

Not a ‘Financial Instrument’

Murat Gülsoy

December 5, 2019

La XVIe biennale d’Istanbul, écologie ou barbarie?

Florilèges Web journal culturel étudiant
Paris

November 8, 2019

Istanbul Biennial: Eco-warriors Outdone by Dissidents

Financial Times of London

Fall 2019

Subscriber access only

İstanbul Bienali’nde Bir Uygarlık Hikayesi

3Nokta.com

Serkan Şahin

7 Ekim 2019

Gorgons and organs: the Istanbul Biennial 2019 – in pictures

The Guardian

Photos: David Levene

September 19, 2019

Fictional Civilization Leaves Behind Lasting Legacy

Cornell Chronicle

David Nutt

December 7, 2022

Revisiting a Professor’s Fictional ‘Lost Civilization’

Cornell Alumni “Cornellians”

David Nutt

May 2023

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