MET Museum New York To Celebrate 75 Years Of Indian Independence
To commemorate 75 years of India's Independence, the Indo-American Arts
Council partnered with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and the
Consulate of India in New York to present
Annual Distinguished Lecture on the Arts
of South and Southeast
Buddhist Art of Gandhara and the ‘Year 5’
Buddha: Exploring its Place in Time,
Space, and Practice
Juhyung Rhi, Professor of Buddhist Art History, Department of Archaeology
and Art History, Seoul National University
Friday, March 18, 2022, 4:30 PM
The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
Free with Museum admission; advanced registration is required
The ‘Year 5’ Buddha is one of only five dated Gandharan sculptures known to exist. It is a masterpiece of singular importance, for both its dated dedicatory inscription and innovative iconographic features.This lecture will explore the diverse questions raised by this image within the unfolding setting of Buddhist art in Gandhara in the early centuries of the Common Era.
This lecture is made possible by the generous support of Jeff Soref and Paul Lombardi, Jeff Soref Fund of the Stonewall Community Foundation.
Buddha attended by two bodhisattvas, Gandhara, Peshawar region, Pakistan, inscribed and dated ‘Year 5,’ possibly in the reign of Kanishka II, equivalent to 235 CE. Schist. On loan from a private collection.
To commemorate 75 years of India's Independence, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York has partnered with the Indo-American Arts Council and the Consulate General of India in New York to present an year long series of lectures and exhibitions.
The first event is
Art & Independence.
The Bengal School and the Indian Style of Y.G. Srimati
Speaker: John Guy, Curator of South Asian Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Wednesday December 15, @ 4.30 PM
John Guy
John Guy is the Florence and Herbert Irving Curator of the Arts of South and Southeast Asia at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, an elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, London (in 2003), and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (in 2016). He formerly served as Senior Curator of South Asian art at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London for 24 years. He has worked on a number of archaeological excavations, including maritime sites, and served as an advisor to UNESCO on historical sites in Southeast Asia. John has curated numerous international art exhibitions and published widely, including Woven Cargoes (1997), Indian Temple Sculpture (2007), Interwoven Globe: Textile Trade 1500-1800 (2013), Lost Kingdoms: Hindu-Buddhist Sculpture of Early Southeast Asia (2014) and Art & Independence: Y.G. Srimati and the Indian Style (2019).
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Friday, March 18, 2022, 4:30 PM
The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
Photo: Jay Mandal/On Assignment
Ambassador Randhir Jaiswal, India's Consul General to New York, delivers his opening remarks during the Annual Distinguished Lecture on the Arts of South and Southeast Asia, "Buddhist Art of Gandhara, and the ‘Year 5’ Buddha" at The MET Museum to mark the 75th Anniversary of India's Independence
Juhyung Rhi, Professor of Buddhist Art History, Department of Archaeology and Art History at Seoul National University speaks on the Arts of South and Southeast Asia, "Buddhist Art of Gandhara and the ‘Year 5’ Buddha" at The MET Museum to mark the 75th Anniversary of India's Independence.
New York, March 18, 2022
Photo: Jay Mandal/On Assignment
