Exhibitions, Spring 2010

Treasures Rediscovered
Chinese Stone Sculpture from
the Sackler Collections at Columbia University
January 16 - March 14

		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

Organized by the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery of Columbia University
Guest curated by Dorothy Wong, Associate Professor of East Asian Art, University of Virginia

This exhibition highlights one of the notable collections of Chinese stone sculpture in the US. 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. Complementing the sculptures will be rubbings, informative didactic panels, maps, and photographic and audio-visual materials.

Public programs will inaugurate East Asia week and include Lunchtime Talks by faculty associated with the University’s East Asia Center.

The exhibition is sponsored by the U.Va. Art Museum Volunteer Board, the Weedon Foundation, the Office of the Vice President for Research, Sandy Miller Family Foundation, Arts Enhancement Fund, The Chung-Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies, Taiwan, Virginia Commission for the Arts, The Hook, Albemarle Magazine, and Mr. and Mrs John R. Curtis, Jr.

Members' Preview
Friday, January 15, 6-8 pm
In the Museum

Saturday Special Tours
January 16 & February 20
2-3 pm
In the Museum
RSVP 434.243.2050

Wu Man Concert
Sunday, January 24, 8 pm
Old Cabell Hall
Tickets available at U.Va. Arts Box Office
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Final Friday Receptions
January 29 & February 26
5:30-7:30 pm
In the Museum

Lunchtime Talk
by Dorothy Wong
Tuesday, February 9, 12 pm
In the Museum

Ellen Bayard Weedon Lecture in the Arts of Asia
Crossing a Boundary: Where, When, How
by Lewis Lancaster,
UC Berkeley, Emeritus; Director, Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative
Thursday, March 11, 5:30 pm
Campbell 153

Cultural Crossings Conference
Thursday, March 11 - Saturday, March 13
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