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Hindus laud Washingtons Museum of Glass
for exhibition based on Hindu themes
Hindus
have applauded Museum of Glass in Tacoma (Washington, USA) for organizing about
nine-month long world-class exhibition based on interpretations of aspects of Hindu
beliefs and cosmology.
Titled
Scapes and created by Italian siblings and respected international artists Laura
de Santillana and Alessandro Diaz de Santillana in collaboration with the
Museum, it will be up till January next. It also displays sculpted forms
representing linga symbols from Hinduism.
Commending
Museum of Glass for showcasing Hinduism themed exhibition, 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 major museums of
the world to frequently organize Hindu art focused exhibitions, thus sharing
the rich Hindu art heritage with the rest of the world.
All
the work of Scapes exhibition, which fills four rooms of the Museum, was reportedly
produced entirely at the Museums Hot Shop. Worlds largest aerospace company
Boeing is one of the sponsors.
Designed
by acclaimed Canadian architect Arthur Erickson, $48 million and 75,000-square-foot
Museum of Glass whose tagline is ALL GLASS. ALL THE TIME. and which includes a
tilted 90-foot-tall cone, opened in 2002. A 500-foot pedestrian Bridge of Glass
connects it to downtown Tacoma. Susan Warner is the Director/Curator.
Hinduism,
oldest and third largest religion of the world, has about one billion adherents
and moksh (liberation) is its ultimate goal.
