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Arts of Ancient Viet Nam: From River Plain to Open Sea
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On view Sunday, September 13, 2009 - Sunday, January 3, 2010 at the Audrey Jones Beck Building
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Vietnam, Female, c. 5th Century
Da Nang Museum of Cham Sculpture
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and Asia Society, New York, offer an unprecedented exhibition of art from ancient Viet Nam—the first U.S. exhibition to address in depth the historical, geographic and cultural contexts of precolonial Vietnamese art. Throughout its long history, Viet Nam served as a central hub for trade routes connecting the regions of Asia and the West, with travelers and merchants traversing its long open plains, and trade vessels from as far west as India and Rome finding safe haven in its harbors. Arts of Ancient Viet Nam: From River Plain to Open Sea will introduce new scholarship on the history of Vietnamese art. Approximately 110 objects dating from the first millennium B.C. through the 17th century, on rare loan from Viet Nam´s leading museums, will be on view. Highlights of the exhibition include ritual bronzes, terracotta burial wares, fine gold jewelry, Hindu and Buddhist sculptures, and ornaments made of jade, lapis lazuli, crystal and carnelian. The works have never before been exhibited. Independent scholar Nancy Tingley is curator of the exhibition. Christine Starkman, MFAH Curator of Asian Art, serves as in-house curator for the show in Houston. In New York, Adriana Proser, Asia Society´s John H. Foster Curator for Traditional Asian Art, is in-house curator.
This exhibition is co-organized by Asia Society, New York, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
In Houston, this exhibition is made possible by:
The National Endowment for the Arts
Isabel B. and Wallace S. Wilson
The E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. James C. Flores
Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Zilkha
Education programs for this exhibition receive generous funding from the Favrot Fund.
Related Events:
Gallery Conversations: Food and the Arts of Ancient Viet Nam
At the Audrey Jones Beck Building
Saturday, October 17, 2009 2:30 PM
Gallery Talk: Arts of Ancient Viet Nam: From River Plain to Open Sea (45 min.)
At the Audrey Jones Beck Building
Thursday, October 1, 2009 12:00 PM
Thursday, October 8, 2009 12:00 PM
Thursday, October 15, 2009 12:00 PM
Thursday, October 22, 2009 12:00 PM
Thursday, October 29, 2009 12:00 PM
Gallery Talk: Images of the Buddha (45 min.)
At the Caroline Wiess Law Building
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 12:00 PM
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 12:00 PM
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 12:00 PM
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 12:00 PM
Gallery Talk: Spotlight on Guardian Figures in the Ancient Arts of Viet Nam (20 min.)
At the Audrey Jones Beck Building
Saturday, December 5, 2009 12:00 PM
Saturday, December 12, 2009 12:00 PM
Saturday, December 19, 2009 12:00 PM
Members Event: UBS Fine Arts Fridays
At the Audrey Jones Beck Building
Friday, September 11, 2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
FILM: Target Free First Sunday: Travel to the Past
At the Audrey Jones Beck Building
Sunday, November 1, 2009 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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