Exhibitions, Upcoming 2010

Treasures Rediscovered   |   Highlights from the Collection   |   Man Ray

Treasures Rediscovered
Chinese Stone Sculpture from
the Sackler Collections at Columbia University
January 15 - March 14, 2010

Organized by Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery of Columbia University

		Head of a Disciple Northern Qi dynasty, 550-577 Probably from Xiangtangshan Limestone with traces of pigment Miriam and Ira D. Wallace Art Gallery, Columbia University, NY

Treasures Rediscovered highlights one of the notable collections of Chinese stone sculpture in the United States. The 21 sculptures that comprise the exhibition-steles, full figures and heads of divinities, as well as funerary objects-provide a comprehensive view of how art manifests ritual practice and reveals, through iconography, the transmission and transformation of culture from the Han (206 BCE-220 CE) through the Tang Dynasty (617-907 CE). Eighteen of the works are Buddhist and some have been ascribed for the first time to specific Buddhist sites. As tangible cultural artifacts, physical remains of history, the objects in the exhibition are crystallized manifestations of the imperial authority, religious fervor, and aesthetic ideas developed in one of China's most vibrant historical periods.

This exhibition is sponsored in part by The Hook.

Highlights from the Collection
March 26 - July 19, 2010

Man Ray
African Art & the Modernist Lens
August 5 - October 10, 2010