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Thursday, March 28, 2024


Exhibition Public - USA & Canada

Buddhist Art of Myanmar

Asia Society
725 Park Avenue (at 70th Street),
New York, NY 10021, USA
Feb 10, 2015 To May 10, 2015


Detail: Buddhist Art of Myanmar will be the first exhibition in the West focusing on works of art from collections in Myanmar. The exhibition comprises approximately 70 spectacular works—including stone, bronze and wood sculptures, textiles, paintings, and lacquer ritual implements—from the fifth through the nineteenth centuries. Artworks include objects created for temples, monasteries, and personal devotion, which will be presented in their historical and ritual contexts. The exhibition will explore how Buddhist narratives were communicated visually and the multiplicity of regional styles. Many of the works in the exhibition have never been shown outside of the country. Works will be on loan from the National Museum of Myanmar in Yangon and Naypyidaw, the Pagan (Bagan) Museum, the Kyauktaw Mahamuni Museum, Sri Ksetra Museum, and the Kaba Aye Buddhist Museum, as well as works from public and private collections in the United States. The exhibition is organized by guest curators Donald M. Stadtner and Sylvia Fraser-Lu in conjunction with Adriana Proser, Asia Society’s John H. Foster Senior Curator for Traditional Asian Art.

A fully illustrated catalogue, copublished by Asia Society and Yale University Press, will accompany the exhibition.

Phone No.: 212-288-6400
Fax: 212-517-8315
Contact Email: [email protected]
Site URL: http://asiasociety.org/new-york/exhibitions/buddhist-art-myanmar

Plaque with image of seated Buddha
Plaque with image of seated Buddha
Pagan period, 11th-13th century
7 x 6 1/4 x 1/4 in. (17.8 x 15.9 x 0.6 cm)
Gilded metal with polychrome
Bagan Archaeological Museum. Photo: Sean Dungan

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