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Thursday, March 28, 2024


Exhibition Public - USA & Canada

Monsoon: Indian Paintings of the Rainy Season

LACMA
5905 Wilshire Blvd.,
Los Angeles, California, USA
Apr 01, 2017 To Jul 02, 2017


Detail: Lovers stealing out for secret trysts under cover of stormy nights, visits to the monsoon retreats of holy men, and divine beings associated with sources of water and rain are among the pictorial subjects in this exhibition, which explores visual representations of the rainy season in India.

Typically arriving each June with dramatic cloudbursts and intense rainfall along the southern and northeastern reaches of the subcontinent, the monsoon is the most eagerly anticipated weather phenomenon in India, sustaining lives, transforming landscapes, and raising human spirits. As an integral feature of South Asian life, the rains have long been celebrated in various mythologies, rituals, communal observances, and poetic expressions.

This selection of paintings, from northern India and the Himalayan foothills, conveys the ways in which Indian literature, music, and visual arts have mirrored and amplified broadly shared cultural perspectives on, and lived experiences of, the monsoon.

Phone No.: 323 857-6000
Contact Email: [email protected]
Site URL: http://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/monsoon-indian-paintings-rainy-season

Dalliance in Vrindavan
Dalliance in Vrindavan
c. 1725
From the Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection, Museum Associates Purchase M.77.19.17 © Museum Associates

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