Parting the Curtain: Asian Art Revealed
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“Asian art” is not one but many diverse expressions of culture, religion, and aesthetics. The broad geographical range of Asia, from the subcontinent of India to the islands of Japan, captures enormous diversity in people as well as artistic production. Understanding elements of this vast territory through its arts is one of the goals of the current installation, which is divided into five sections exploring art of South and East Asia: The Literati Tradition: Scholarly Pursuits in China and Japan; Art for the Afterlife: Chinese Tomb Culture; Ideals of Beauty in India; Tibetan and Buddhist Ritual Arts: The Bernard-Murray Tibetan Collection; and Buddhist Imagery of India and Tibet.Chinese paintings, the backbone of the collection, are on view alongside a selection of Japanese paintings and woodblock prints. The installation places traditional arts of the scholar gentleman in juxtaposition with newer works by the avant-garde artist Xu Bing...
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