Second of Five Phases in Yearlong Exhibition Honoring Trammell And Margaret Crow
DALLAS—Continuing in its yearlong tribute to the legacy of its namesakes’ philanthropy in the arts, The Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art announces the second phase of Texas Collects Asia 2008: "India and Southeast Asia.”
Texas Collects Asia: India and Southeast Asia launches April 19, coinciding with the Texas Collects Asia 2008 catalogue release, and runs through June 22. On the heels of a successful first segment that featured Japanese art, this installation showcases an impressive selection of Buddhist and Hindu sculpture, painting, metalwork, jade carving, arms and architecture. Representing a wide range of Indian and Southeast Asian history, the works on display have been carefully chosen from some of the most prestigious public and private collections in the state of Texas.
More than 30 Cambodian silver and gold religious sculptures are featured in Texas Collects Asia: India and Southeast Asia. The sculptures depict various scenes from the life of the Buddha and reflect the artistic achievements of the various urban and provincial schools thriving throughout the twentieth century.
An extensive group of Indian sculpture in stone and bronze illustrates the refined sensibility of the merchant and royal classes, who heavily patronized this type of work as early as the first century A.D. These works are juxtaposed alongside equally fine examples of painting representing the Mughal miniature, Tibetan Tsakli, and Indian Pichhvai and Thanjvur traditions.
Collections represented in Texas Collects Asia: India and Southeast Asia:
Amarillo Museum of Art
Dallas Museum of Art
Michael and Shelly Dee, Houston
Madan and Sneh Goyal, Dallas
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Hendry III, San Antonio
Dr. and Mrs. William T. Price, Amarillo
San Antonio Museum of Art
The Spancake Collection, Houston
Nanik and Suneeta Vaswani, Houston
Texas Collects Asia: India and Southeast Asia is curated by Jennifer Casler Price, Curator of Asian Art at the Kimbell Art Museum; Bindu Shankar, independent scholar; Ashley Thompson, Lecturer in the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies at the University of Leeds; and Shiyuan Yuan, Curator/Collections Manager of The Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art.
The remaining Texas Collects Asia 2008 segments are:
China: July 12- Sept. 28
Japanese Folk Art: Oct. 18- Dec. 28
Contemporary Art: Oct. 18- Jan. 4, 2009
Home to extraordinary works of art whose origins span China, Japan, India and Southeast Asia, The Crow Collection of Asian Art is free to the public and marks a major cultural gift in the heart of the Dallas Arts District. Timeless works, including a magnificent Japanese rock crystal sphere, exquisite Qing Dynasty jades and monumental Mughal-style architecture are balanced alongside internationally recognized exhibitions that fulfill the museum’s vision of bridging East and West.
Free Noon Gallery Talks and Docent-Guided Tours are available weekly at select times.
Open Tues-Sunday 10 a.m.-5 p.m., extended hours on Thursdays until 9 p.m., 214.979.6430,
CrowCollection.org
Images available upon request.
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