Saturday, February 27 09am to 06pm
Julius S. Held Lecture Hall, 304 Barnard Hall, 3rd Floor
3009 Broadway (W.117th St.), New York, NY 10027
Speakers include:
Mimi Yiengpruksawan, Yale University (Keynote)
Ryuichi Abe, Harvard University
Ive Covaci, Fairfield University
Charlotte Eubanks, Penn State University
Hank Glassman, Haverford College
Edward Kamens, Yale University
Yukio Lippit, Harvard University
Benedetta Lomi, University of Virginia
Stephen Miller, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Samuel Morse, Amherst College
With over thirty masterpieces from the Kamkura period (1185–1333) from private and museum collections in North America and Europe, “Kamakura: Realism and Spirituality in the Sculpture of Japan” is the first exhibition to look beyond the aesthetics and technical achievements of these remarkable sculptures, and specifically examine the relationship between realism and the sacred empowerment of these objects. The exhibition explores how sculptures are “brought to life” or “enlivened” by the spiritual connection between exterior form, interior contents, and devotional practice, reflecting the complexity and pluralism of the period. “Kamakura: Realism and Spirituality in the Sculpture of Japan” marks the first major loan show of Kamakura sculpture in the United States in more than thirty years.
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