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Indepth Arts News:
"Embodying the Holy: Icons in Eastern Orthodox Christianity and Tibetan Buddhism"
2010-10-05 until 2011-03-07
Rubin Museum of Art
New York, NY,
USA United States of America
The Rubin Museum of Art will examine intriguing correspondences and differences between Eastern Orthodox icons and Tibetan Buddhist thangkas (paintings on cloth) in Embodying the Holy: Icons in Eastern Orthodox Christianity and Tibetan Buddhism. Embodying the Holy sheds light on parallels between the Western and Eastern sacred traditions in function, subject matter, composition, and story telling strategies, pairing some 63 icons from The Museum of Russian Icons, Clinton, Massachusetts, and private collections, with 26 from the Rubin Museum of Art and other collections.
The Rubin Museum of Art (RMA) houses an esteemed and wide-ranging collection of Himalayan art; the paintings, pictorial textiles, and sculptures are drawn from cultures that touch upon the 1,800 mile arc of mountains that extends from Afghanistan in the northwest to Myanmar (Burma) in the southeast and includes Tibet, Nepal, Mongolia, and Bhutan. With changing exhibitions and exciting events, RMA allows people of all ages and backgrounds to discover art from the far-away Himalayas conveniently in Chelsea.
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