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visitors to sample fine Asian art exhibitions, both current and past.
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| Finest examples of Nepalese art from the Rubin Museum of Art’s permanent collection, highlighting the variety of forms and subjects, techniques and media that emerged from the valley's creative matrix. The exhibition also touches on the main religious traditions of the Kathmandu Valley, Hinduism and Buddhism. Spanning more than a thousand years, the artistic legacy of the Kathmandu Valley is celebrated in the objects and ideas presented here. |
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| On-line exhibition from July 01, 2008 |
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The 4th BRUSSELS ORIENTAL ART FAIR, B.O.A.Fair asbl, June 4th to June 8th 2006, an event created by international specialists in Oriental Art. The aim of the galleries subscribing to the event is to share their knowledge with the visitors and to promote the understanding of Oriental Art. |
| On-line exhibition from May 16, 2008 |
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| Condensation: Five Video Works by Chen Chieh-jen was the first major solo exhibition of leading Taiwanese artist Chen Chieh-jen in the United States. Born in 1960 and based in Taipei, Chen has gained both local and international acclaim for his important works in photography, installation, performance and video arthis medium of choice since 2002. |
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| On-line exhibition from May 16, 2008 |
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| Erasing Borders 2008: Exhibition of Contemporary Indian Art of the Diaspora |
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Featuring works by 40 artists, the Indo-American Arts Council’s show features an eclectic mix of diverse mediums employed by a group of 40 artists representing myriad styles, mediums and mind sets with one common bond - a shared Indian heritage that has been cultivated in the United States. |
| On-line exhibition from May 02, 2008 |
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| Drama
and Desire: Japanese Paintings from the Floating World 1690-1850 |
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| Ukiyo-e is translated as "pictures of the floating world," and generally refers to the genre of Japanese woodblock print featuring motifs of seasonal landscapes, historic tales, the theater, and the high-class red-light district these themes being themselves examples of the floating world, the impermanence of life. This exhibition features what has been called the finest collection anywhere in the world. |
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| On-line exhibition from March 05, 2008 |
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| Mukti Singh Thapa is one of Nepal's foremost traditional painters and one of the principal originators of the revived Newar style of painting. A Magar from Bandipur in the Eastern hills, Mukti Singh came to Kathmandu and began painting in the mid 1970s, and quickly became attracted to the early medieval Newar style of the 13-16th centuries. In this style he has become a master. |
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| On-line exhibition from February 15, 2008 |
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| Waves on the Turquoise Lake: Contemporary Expressions of Tibetan Art |
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The first major museum exhibition to bring together contemporary Tibetan artists working both in and outside Tibet. The exhibition highlights the emerging movement of contemporary Tibetan art as it appears in Tibetan communities across the globe. The exhibition features works that address the complexity of the Tibetan diasporic experience and includes Tibetan artists from Australia, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States, and India, as well as those from Tibet. |
| On-line exhibition from December 12, 2007 |
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| From the 1st - 10th November, London's leading Asian art dealers, auction houses and academic and cultural institutions will unite to present an exciting programme of gallery receptions, auctions, lectures, symposia and museum exhibitions, as well as the Kensington Palace gala evening, for lovers and collectors of Asian art. |
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| On-line exhibition from October 10, 2007 |
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The sacred mountain Wutaishan, located in Shanxi Province, China, is believed to be the earthly abode of the Bodhisattva of Wisdom, Manjushri, and for a thousand years it has been a focus of transnational pilgrimage for the Chinese, Tibetans, Mongols, and Manchus alike. This is the first exhibition of its kind: combining historical and visual materials related to Wutaishan in a multidisciplinary approach, highlighting the period when the mountain reached a peak of cultural confluence in the 18th and 19th centuries. |
| On-line exhibition from August 16, 2007 |
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| This short series reflects my reaction to a standard photographic representation of Tibet as something static and objectively distant. By focussing on Lhasa I mean to emphasise the contemporary urban nature of a city that is too-often associated with a mysterious past. As with other cities, Lhasa provides constant and sometimes intimate contact with strangers – people who we may or may not see tomorrow – and these photos, all taken in public spaces or accessible venues, deal with that specifically urban experience. - Kabir Mansingh Heimsath |
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| On-line exhibition from June 26, 2007 |
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The 3rd BRUSSELS ORIENTAL ART FAIR, B.O.A.Fair asbl, June 9th to June 15th 2006, an event created by international specialists in Oriental Art. The aim of the galleries subscribing to the event is to share their knowledge with the visitors and to promote the understanding of Oriental Art. |
| On-line exhibition from May 25, 2007 |
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| Awakenings presents Japanese (Zen) and Chinese (Chan) Buddhist art, featuring a Japanese National Treasure and major cultural assets, and including rare loans from museum and private collections in Japan, North America, and Europe. Exploring the artistically singular yet still poorly understood tradition of figure painting in Zen Buddhist communities in medieval Japan, the exhibition features forty-seven superlative Chinese and Japanese works of painting, ranging from the 12th to 16th century. |
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| On-line exhibition from May 07, 2007 |
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Celebrating the Next Generation of Japanese Bamboo Artists was a reception and brief exhibition held in the North Court of the Asian Art Museum from February 15–March 18, 2007, in conjunction with the Masters of Bamboo exhibition. This display in North Court featured one basket each from ten artists considered to be a part of the next generation of leading bamboo artists. Most important were the artists themselves, who were present at the event. |
| On-line exhibition from April 17, 2007 |
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| Masters
of Bamboo: Japanese baskets and sculpture in the Cotsen
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| Masters of Bamboo: Japanese Baskets and Sculpture in the Cotsen Collection is an exhibition that draws on the richness and breadth of the approximately nine hundred works Mr. Lloyd L. Cotsen generously donated to the Asian Art Museum in 2001. These works comprise the largest public collection of Japanese bamboo art in the world. |
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| On-line exhibition from April 04, 2007 |
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| The survival of nomads on the Tibetan Plateau and Himalaya provides examples of nomadic practices that were once widespread throughout Asia and Africa, but are now increasingly hard to find. As such, these portraits of nomads offer a rare glimpse into a way of life that is rapidly vanishing. |
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| On-line exhibition from February 09, 2007 |
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Julie Rauer’s approach to painting is an intriguing synthesis of disparate influences; an amalgam of a lifetime’s pursuit. Early training in Chinese calligraphy and brush painting sparked her lifelong passion for Asian art with its essential, reductive qualities. In tandem with her interest in the Asian aesthetic, particularly Chinese hanging scrolls and Japanese Edo period woodblock prints, she developed a fascination for natural objects and organic structures.. |
| On-line exhibition from November 17, 2006 |
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| From the 2nd-10th November, London's leading Asian art dealers, auction houses and academic and cultural institutions will unite to present an exciting programme of gallery receptions, auctions, lectures, symposia and museum exhibitions, as well as the Kensington Palace gala evening, for lovers and collectors of Asian art. |
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| On-line exhibition from October 26, 2006 |
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20 Artists from Tibet's capital interpret the arrival of the Beijing-Lhasa rail service in an exhibition first shown at Peaceful Wind, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA September 22 through October 15, 2006. In 2004 Peaceful Wind and the artists of the Gedun Choephel Artists Guild decided to collaborate on a group of paintings to mark this important event in Tibet's history. This exhibition is the result. |
| On-line exhibition from October 06, 2006 |
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| This important exhibition at the Villa Hügel, Essen, will be showing a large number of old religious artworks from the treasuries of Tibetan monasteries. Some of these works date back 1500 years and the majority have never before left Tibet; never before have religious and cultural objects from a variety of Tibetan monasteries and a provincial museum in Central Tibet (i.e. outside the capital of Lhasa) been shown in an exhibition. |
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| On-line exhibition from September 06, 2006 |
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The second BRUSSELS ORIENTAL ART FAIR, B.O.A.Fair asbl, June 9th to June 15th 2006, an event created by international specialists in Oriental Art. The aim of the galleries subscribing to the event is to share their knowledge with the visitors and to promote the understanding of Oriental Art. |
| On-line exhibition from May 19, 2006 |
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| Warriors
of the Himalayas: Rediscovering the Arms and Armor of
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| This exhibition is the first detailed survey of traditional armor and weapons from the Tibetan plateau. Until recently, these objects were understood to represent only a few generic types and were dismissed as archaic and simplistic. A more careful appraisal, however, reveals a far wider and surprisingly nuanced variety of styles, decorative techniques, materials, dates, and cultural influences that have been previously unknown or simply overlooked. |
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| On-line exhibition from May 02, 2006 |
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| MYTHS AND RITUALS: Myth and ritualism in art from India to China |
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| This exhibition focuses on the mythological and ritual elements in Oriental sculpture through the analysis of a group of very ancient works. For instance, one can see the transition from the cult of the Mother Goddess to the formation of a more complex religion in some terracotta artifacts dating from the 2nd c. BC; and some Chinese wood and terracotta figures dating from the 4th-3rd c. BC can be interpreted as an archaic example of the cult of ancestors, one of the foundations of Chinese culture. |
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| On-line exhibition from November 23, 2005 |
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From the 3rd-12th November, London's leading Asian art dealers, auction houses and academic and cultural institutions will unite to present an exciting programme of gallery receptions, auctions, lectures, symposia and museum exhibitions, as well as the Kensington Palace gala evening, for lovers and collectors of Asian art. |
| On-line exhibition from October 20, 2005 |
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| Edge of Desire: Recent Art in India focuses on contemporary Indian art of the past decade, a period marked by enormous social, cultural, and economic change that counted political violence and rapid economic growth brought about by liberalization and foreign investment among the most significant. These issues and others form the context for the works of the thirty-eight artists in this exhibition, co-organized by the Asia Society and the Art Gallery of Western Australia. |
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| On-line exhibition from September 13, 2005 |
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Little Boy examines the culture of postwar Japan through its arts and popular visual media. Focusing on the youth-driven phenomenon of otaku (roughly translated as “geek culture” or “pop cult fanaticism”), Takashi Murakami and a notable group of contributors explore the complex historical influences that shape Japanese contemporary art and its distinct graphic languages. |
| On-line exhibition from July 28, 2005 |
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| Cast for Eternity: Bronze Masterworks from India and the Himalayas in Belgian and Dutch Collections |
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| The selection of bronze sacred images in the exhibition Cast for Eternity represents an important reflection of the cultural heritage of India, Sri Lanka, the Himalayas, and China (via Tibet), countries and regions which have occupied their own significant places in the art history of the world for over 2000 years. |
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| On-line exhibition from July 15, 2005 |
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| Magic & Mystery in Taos: The Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art |
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Assembled by the Crow family over the past 30 years, the collection features art from China, Japan, India, Southeast Asia and the Himalaya region. The objects selected for the Harwood exhibition cover a period spanning three thousand years and include a Bronze bell (Chun Yu) from the Warring States Period ca. 5th – 3rd century B.C. |
| On-line exhibition from June 23, 2005 |
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| Tibetan Portraits: Rare 19th century photography from the Himalayas |
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As early as the 1860s and especially in the 1880s, early British photographers such as Bourne, Shepherd, Parr, and others established contact with Himalayan peoples in the regions close to India. Remarkable portraits of high-mountain peoples of various ethnicities and backgrounds were made by these photographers, some in their studios and others at places of pilgrimage in northern India and Nepal. |
| On-line exhibition from June 02, 2005 |
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| Providing For the Afterlife: ‘Brilliant Artifacts’ From Shandong |
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Exhibited in the United States for the first time, these mingqi, “glorious vessels” or objects made for burial with the dead, whisper of the desperate need to predict ephemeral journeys and wrangle the unknown into the familiar. Several pieces are culled from arguably one of the most significant archaeological discoveries of the past decade, the tomb of—in all probability—the Western Han dynasty (206 BCE-CE 9) king of the Jinan Kingdom, Liu Biguang. |
| On-line exhibition from May 09, 2005 |
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| Morning
in the Barkhor: Photographs of Tibet by Amina Tirana |
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| The Jokhang, Tibetan Buddhism's most sacred temple, stands broad and low in the heart of Lhasa, the locus of daily visits and once in a lifetime pilgrimages. From earliest dawn to last light, Tibetans arrive from nearby neighborhoods and the region's far mountains to worship at the Jokhang. They circumambulate the temple on a sacred path known as the kora, burn juniper as incense, leave offerings, and perform other rituals in order to earn religious merit for the next life. |
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| On-line exhibition from February 09, 2005 |
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| When Gold Blossoms: Indian Jewelry from the Susan L. Beningson Collection |
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When Gold Blossoms presents the Susan L. Beningson collection of Indian jewelry. The focus of the collection is gold jewelry from the south of India, in particular, jewelry for deities and women. It is a collection based not on academic principle but on the pleasures of seeing, touching, and wearing. When Gold Blossoms gives us the chance to share in the wearers' pleasures with careful, close viewing. |
| On-line exhibition from December 01, 2004 |
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| In
the Realm of Gods and Kings: Arts of India |
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| Cynthia and Leon Polsky have a special relationship to India and its culture. The overbearing crowds and overwrought colors and smells of India can overwhelm or even assault the senses, but for the Polskys, these elements never obscure the inner worldview of India that they so cherish. This project then, is less about the mechanics of Indian art history as about sharing the Polskys' deep affection for the culture. |
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| On-line exhibition from November 29, 2004 |
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These three exhibitions at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem explore contemporary and historical currents in Japanese art and culture. These exhibitions are part of the museum's year-long celebration of world culture. The Israel Museum is the largest cultural institution in the State of Israel and is ranked among the leading art and archaeology museums in the world. |
| On-line exhibition from November 19, 2004 |
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| Splendors
of China’s Forbidden City : The Glorious Reign
of Emperor Qianlong |
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| Emperor Qianlong ruled for 60 years (1736–1795), during China’s last imperial dynasty, the Qing dynasty. His reign was longer than any other emperor in Chinese history apart from his grandfather, Kangxi. The emperor is best known to art historians as a collector who amassed the largest collection of art known up to that point in China. |
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| On-line exhibition from October 29, 2004 |
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| Kailas: Manasarovar & Tibet Photographs by Manoj Kheradia |
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For well over a thousand years, pilgrims have journeyed here to pay homage to the mountain's mystery, circumambulating it in a ritual that continues to this day. Their faith proclaims that not just the mountain's ice - capped summit but the entire region is the abode of the Gods. |
| On-line exhibition from June 07, 2004 |
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| Sanyu: l'écriture du corps |
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| The power of Sanyu's painting to move us today is a testament to a particular kind of sensitivity and expressive talent. The historical and cultural circumstances that almost eradicated Sanyu from the history of Chinese art, moreover, were transformed by the 1980s and 1990s, and have made it possible to revive his reputation. |
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| On-line exhibition from May 24, 2004 |
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Sadhus: The Great Renouncers Photographs by Thomas Kelly |
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The ascetic Sadhu ritual practices (sadhanas), involving demanding yoga postures and colorful body imagery, are captured by Thomas Kelly whose work encompasses a span of two decades. In his own words, Thomas tells what it has been like to move through the world of the sadhus, witnessing their ritualized practices, following their endless pilgrimage, and dancing with the humor and danger this has entailed. |
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On-line exhibition from April 22, 2004 |
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| The first exhibition outside of Japan to explore such a broad range of production, Quiet Beauty surveys technical and artistic developments in folk art ceramics made between about 3000 B.C. and about 1990. The exhibition encompasses prehistoric beakers; medieval storage jars; bowls, bottles, and plates from many eras and localities; and late-twentieth century creations based on traditional forms. |
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On-line exhibition from May 21, 2003 |
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Zao Wou-ki found his distinctive voice and vocabulary in his mid-thirties, having by that time lived in Paris for a decade. By the end of 1957 he had committed to abstraction, on terms which from the beginning set him apart from the other artists of his circle-Mitchell, Riopelle, Vieira da Silva, Soulages-as much as from his great supporter Henri Michaux. His cypher-like signature, to which he has remained faithful for over fifty years, gives his first name in Chinese characters and his last in a Western orthography. |
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On-line exhibition from April 30, 2003 |
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| Asianart.com presents a special on-line exhibition for the annual spring Asian Art week in New York City, featuring items from the International Asian Art Fair and Arts of Pacific Asia Show exhibitors and other dealers and galleries taking part in the events of Asia Week New York. Asianart.com galleries are listed first, then other galleries and dealers, in alphabetical order. |
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On-line exhibition from March 12, 2003 |
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'Window of the Sacred World' is the title of this exhibition, presenting a fine selection of authentic art of India, The Himalayan regions and Southeast Asia. Focusing only on the highest artistic quality, it aims to represent the beauty and spirituality of sculpture through the camera's eye; a modest contribution towards the understanding and appreciation of Asian religious art which still contains many secrets. |
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On-line exhibition from December 12, 2002 |
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| Suspended in an aerial rather than earthly dimension, in a world without gravity, out of space and time, Indian sculptures chiefly represent male and female deities who are conceptually devoid of physical qualities, but who must acquire them in order to make themselves intelligible to man. |
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On-line exhibition from November 26, 2002 |
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From the 7th-15th November, London's leading Asian art dealers, auction houses and academic and cultural institutions will unite to present an exciting programme of gallery receptions, auctions, lectures, symposia and museum exhibitions, as well as the Kensington Palace gala evening, for lovers and collectors of Asian art. Inside please find a selection of offerings from some of London's leading galleries, including Asianart.com galleries and other members of Asian Art in London. |
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On-line exhibition from October 23, 2002 |
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| Tibet: Mountains and Valleys, Castles and Tents is organized by The Newark Museum to showcase its great historical and archival treasures of Tibetan culture, considered the finest in the Western Hemisphere. For the first time, many of these objects are being shown outside the Museum for the first time. |
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On-line exhibition from September 09, 2002 |
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Already in Neolithic times, graves had been furnished with vessels filled with grain, water, and wine to nourish the spirit of the deceased. By the Shang and Zhou dynasties, elaborate funerary ceremonies had evolved that required the use of jade implements and ritual bronze vessels. Burial figurines of wood were used in the south during the Warring States period, perhaps as substitutes for the sacrificial victims of earlier times. |
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On-line exhibition from August 14, 2002 |
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| Organized by Jean-Paul Desroches, assisted by Philippe Koutouzis, the exhibition at the Musée Guimet is a unique opportunity to bring to a wide audience, an artist who, as previously shown at the Musée de Pontoise, deserves to join the ranks of the great Chinese creators of the 20th Century. |
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On-line exhibition from June 07, 2002 |
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Asianart.com presents a special on-line exhibition for the annual spring Asian Art week in New York City, featuring items from the New York Arts of Pacific Asia Show exhibitors and other dealers and galleries taking part in the events of Asia Week New York. |
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On-line exhibition from March 15, 2002 |
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Desire & Devotion: Art from India and the Himalayas in the Ford Collection |
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| The collection of John and Berthe Ford is one of the most important private holdings of Indian and Himalayan art in the world. Certain objects have been widely exhibited, such as the "Green Tara", a painting executed in India around 1100 for a Tibetan patron and recognized as both a masterpiece and a cornerstone for the study of Tibetan painting. Other works have never been publicly shown. This exhibition brings together works from both India and the Himalayas, demonstrating the range and depth of the Ford collection. |
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On-line exhibition from January 28, 2002 Last update: December 11, 2002 |
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Netsuke: From the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio |
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Japanese artists cleverly invented the miniature sculptures known as netsuke to serve a very practical function. Traditional Japanese garments - robes called kosode and kimono - had no pockets. Men who wore them needed a place to keep personal belongings. The elegant solution was to place them in containers (called sagemono) hung by cords from the robes' sash. |
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On-line exhibition from December 03, 2001 |
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Khumb Mela 2001: Photographs by Doug Brown |
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| Khumb Mela, this year (spring 2001) held in Allahabad, India, is possibly the largest pilgrimage spectacle in the world. The pictures in this exhibition were taken over a 4 day period, and are simply a reflection of one man's eye at an event that held a picture every where you looked. |
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On-line exhibition from November 08, 2001 |
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From the 8th-16th November 2001, London's leading Asian art dealers, auction houses and academic and cultural institutions will unite to present an exciting programme of gallery receptions, auctions, lectures, symposia and museum exhibitions, for lovers and collectors of Asian art. Asianart.com is pleased to display details of some of the galleries and dealers participating in the event. |
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On-line exhibition from October 28, 2001 |
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China: One Hundred Treasures: The Israel Museum, Jerusalem |
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| "China: One Hundred Treasures" at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, is the first exhibition of cultural relics from the People's Republic of China ever to be held in Israel. It is organized by the National Museum of Chinese History in Beijing and Art Exhibitions China. For the Israeli public it offers the first opportunity to become acquainted at close range with the length and breadth of China's artistic legacy through work of art, each one a masterpiece of its kind. |
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On-line exhibition from September 21, 2001 |
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The Legacy of Absence: Cambodian artists confront the past |
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In an exhibition at Reyum Gallery in Phnom Penh, ten artists confront the Khmer Rouge legacy through their work. One of the goals of the exhibition, held under the initiative of the Legacy Project, a U.S.-based foundation that draws together artists from countries that have suffered mass national traumas or genocides, is to open a space for reflection that will perhaps be one small step in coming to terms with the terrible events of Cambodia's recent past. |
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On-line exhibition from August 01, 2001 |
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Taoism and The Arts of China: Asian Art Museum, San Francisco |
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| Exploring the conceptual and artistic achievements of the Taoist tradition, Taoism and the Arts of China features 150 rare works ranging in date from 500 BCE to 1800 CE, including an extraordinary array of paintings, sculptures, calligraphy, textiles, ritual objects, and scholar's books. Taoism and the Arts of China is organized by the Art Institute of Chicago and is accompanied by a 415-page catalogue. |
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On-line exhibition from March 22, 2001 |
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The Theyyams of Malabar: Photographs by Pepita Seth |
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The fantastical and the real, the exotic and the ordinary, the extravagant and the simple, all seem to merge seamlessly in British-born photographer Seth's work, which focuses exclusively on Hindu rituals in India's southern state of Kerala. While her subject might be the ultimate exotic, her direct approach to towards it, her emphasis on giving the whole picture and not just the sensationa |
