statue near the museum entrance
Crow Museum of Asian Art of The University of Texas at Dallas

Texas Collects Asia: India and Southeast Asia

Saturday, April 19, 2008 - Monday, June 23, 2008

Previously on view at The Crow Museum at the Dallas Arts District

Title: Dancing Buddhist goddesses
Culture/Country: Tibet, Densatil Region
Period: 15th Century
Medium: Architectural panel, gilt bronze
Dimensions: 12 in.
Collection Title: Collection of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Hendry
Title: Buddha Entering Nirvana
Period: Sim (Craftsmen, active 20th Century)
Dimensions: 3 1/8 in. x 7 1/4 in. x 3 1/8 in.
Collection Title: The Spancake Collection
Title: Dancing Krishna
Culture/Country: South India
Period: Chola period, 13th-14th Century
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 22 in.
Collection Title: Collection of Nanik and Suneeta Vaswani, Houston
Title: Buddha in Meditation (dhyana)
Culture/Country: India, Bactro- Gandhara region
Period: Kushan period, 3rd century A.D.
Medium: Schist
Dimensions: 24 in.
Collection Title: Collection of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Hendry
Title: Vishnu as Varaha (boar) rescuing the earth goddess
Culture/Country: Central India
Period: 12th Century
Medium: Sandstone
Dimensions: 34 1/2 in.
Collection Title: Collection of Michael and Shelly Dee, Houston

This exhibition will feature over sixty works of art from the 12th century onward and explores the vibrant and complicated religious system in Indian and other Southeast Asian countries. Through the highly dramatic votive sculptures and paintings, the visitor will have the possibility of experiencing the sacred events and mythology of ancient India and Southeast Asia. The artworks are selected from six private collections and two museums in Texas. They illustrate the iconographical and stylistic diversity encompassing Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism.