For immediate release
New Orleans Museum to exhibit Hindu deities in
bronze
New
Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) in New Orleans (Louisiana, USA) will display Hindu
deities in bronze in an exhibition titled “The Elegant Image” from
August five to October 23.
This
exhibition reportedly spanning 15 centuries of the Indian subcontinent
will show over 100 sculptures. Museum Director Susan M. Taylor has been quoted
as saying: “The Elegant Image must be seen first hand to truly appreciate the
spiritual power of these truly unique bronzes.” During the same period, NOMA is
also organizing another exhibition titled “Modernist Photographs of Tagore's Santiniketan and the Indian
Subcontinent from 1929”.
Applauding
NOMA for exhibiting Hinduism focused art, Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a
statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that art had a long and rich tradition in
Hinduism and ancient Sanskrit literature talked about religious paintings of
deities on wood or cloth.
Rajan Zed, who is President of Universal Society of
Hinduism, urged other major art museums of the world, including Musee du Louvre
and Musee d'Orsay of Paris, Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Los Angeles
Getty Center, Uffizi Gallery of Florence (Italy), Art Institute of Chicago,
Tate Modern of London, Prado Museum of Madrid, National Gallery of Art in
Washington DC, etc., to frequently organize Hindu art focused exhibitions, thus
sharing the rich Hindu art heritage with the rest of the world.
Founded in 1910, NOMA houses over 30,000 art objects encompassing
4,000 years of world art. It has 46 galleries and its mission includes “to
inspire the love of art”. It houses a significant and growing collection of the
tribal and village arts of India, particularly those from the Khond tribes and arts
from the Karnataka region. Adjacent Besthoff Sculpture Garden occupying five
acres houses over sixty sculptures from artists from all over the world and hosts
yoga three times a month.
Hinduism is oldest and third largest religion of the world
with about one billion adherents and moksh (liberation) is its ultimate goal.
