Sculpture of Devotion from the Brooklyn Museum. The year-long exhibition allows the museum to exhibit for the first time examples from far beyond the Himalayan region, including art from Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Thailand, Korea, and Japan.
Curated by Jan Van Alphen
From India East will be an exhibition presented and described by Rubin Museum of Art curators of the treasury of Asian works held by the Brooklyn Museum. The year-long exhibition allows the museum to exhibit for the first time examples from far beyond the Himalayan region, including art from Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Thailand, Korea, and Japan. The loan was made possible by the Brooklyn Museum’s temporary closing of its Asian art galleries.
The Rubin Museum made a selection of objects according to a concept that connects with its own collection: tracing back the origins of Buddhist and Hindu sculptural art in Asia to its roots, showing the stylistic evolution by both geographic distribution and time period. This means that the oldest examples of Indian art, be they Buddhist or Hindu in origin, have been chosen as various kinds of prototypes by which a more wide-spread evolution of Asian art can be identified.
Friday May 31, 2013 @ 6:00 PM
Meet the curator of the exhibition From India East, Jan Van Alphen
Join curator Jan Van Alphen, as he guides you through the exhibition From India East.
From India East will be an exhibition presented and described by Rubin Museum of Art curators of the treasury of Asian works held by the Brooklyn Museum. The year-long exhibition allows the museum to exhibit for the first time examples from far beyond the Himalayan region, including art from Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Thailand, Korea, and Japan. The loan was made possible by the Brooklyn Museum’s temporary closing of its Asian art galleries.
The Rubin Museum made a selection of objects according to a concept that connects with its own collection: tracing back the origins of Buddhist and Hindu sculptural art in Asia to its roots, showing the stylistic evolution by both geographic distribution and time period. This means that the oldest examples of Indian art, be they Buddhist or Hindu in origin, have been chosen as various kinds of prototypes by which a more wide-spread evolution of Asian art can be identified.
The galleries are free of charge from 6-10 pm every Friday evening.
An informal celebration in the Rubin Museum’s Friday night K2 Lounge follows the program (cash bar).
Opening: May 31, 2013
Rubin Museum of Art
150 West 17th Street - New York, NY 10011
Museum Hours:
Sunday 11:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Monday 11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Tuesday Closed
Wednesday 11:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m.
Thursday 11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m
Friday 11:00 a.m.–10:00 p.m.
Saturday 11:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
The museum is closed on Christmas, Thanksgiving, and New Year's Day.
Shop Serai is open during all museum hours. Café Serai temporarily suspends service on Friday afternoons from 4:30 p.m–6:00 p.m. as we prepare for the evening's K2 Lounge.
Admission: Adults $10.00 Seniors (65 and older)$5.00 Students $5.00 Children (12 and younger)Free
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