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Buddhist Art and Ritual from Nepal and Tibet
February 25, 2001
through March 2, 2003
Buddhist Art and Ritual in Nepal and Tibet conveys the way art functions in a traditional Tantric Buddhist altar. It suggests the integration of art and ritual that is fundamental to understanding the true meanings of these objects as part of living cultural traditions. As a context-oriented approach to the presentation of art, it complements the chronological and stylistic display of painting and sculpture in the Ackland's Yager Gallery of Asian Art.
For this two-year installation, the Ackland Art Museum borrowed twenty paintings, sculptures and other sacred objects from museums with significant collections of Himalayan Art -- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Newark Museum and the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University. Ackland curators selected the works of art and Venerable Tenzin Gephel, from the Namgyal Monastery in Ithaca, New York, was invited to place them in their appropriate setting. This installation will be brought to life by the Namgyal monks during their three-and-a-half week construction of a Medicine Buddha sand mandala in the gallery from February 26 - March 21, 2001.
Buddhist Art and Ritual from Nepal and Tibet was made possible by the Museum Loan Network, a national collection-sharing program funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts, and administered by MIT's Office of the Arts. Additional funding was provided by the William Hayes Ackland Trust.
Barbara Matilsky
Curator of Exhibitions
Ackland Art Museum
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