Durga
dal 6/10/2005 al 27/3/2006
Segnalato da
6/10/2005
Durga
Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena
Avenging Goddess, Nurturing Mother. A 5.000-square-foot exhibition exploring the many incarnations of the great Hindu goddess and the ways she is depicted throughout South and Southeast Asia.
Avenging Goddess, Nurturing Mother
The Norton Simon Museum presents Durga: Avenging Goddess,
Nurturing Mother, a 5,000-square-foot exhibition exploring the many
incarnations of the great Hindu goddess Durga and the ways she is depicted
throughout South and Southeast Asia. The exhibition opening this fall will
coincide with Durga Puja, a 10-day festival honoring the goddess that is
held every autumn in Bengal and in communities throughout the world,
including Pasadena.
Approximately 70 artworks from India, Tibet, Nepal and Southeast Asia will
be featured, among them rare works on paper including watercolor folios and
folding manuscripts, a festival altar and exceptional bronze and stone
sculpture, many of which have never been seen by the public. These works
illustrate the dual nature of the goddess, that is, Durga as a fierce and
strong warrior, bearing a variety of weapons in her many hands while she
battles a host of demons, and Durga as a loving and protective mother,
playfully caressing her young child or holding an abundance of fruit, which
symbolizes her powerful fertility.
In conjunction with the exhibition, the Museum will present a series of
public programs, including lectures, dance performances, children's
workshops, a symposium, a film screening, and exhibition walkthroughs.
Norton Simon Museum
411 W. Colorado Blvd. - Pasadena