 | Masterworks of Indian and Southeast Asian sculpture have been drawn from the collection of Dr. and Mrs. William T. Price. | | The power of the visual imagery of India and Southeast Asia lies in its ability to capture the human experience and to refine our understanding of constant differences. It is the tradition of Indic religions to acknowledge opposing characters and natures within their deities. However, for every boundary, there is also an equivalent transformation which maintains the spiritual balance. The Buddhist and Hindu art of this part of the world has transcended history and culture to convey this rich symbolism of opposing yet transforming dichotomies - good and evil, narrative and ionic, life and death, self and cosmos, and spirit, as exemplified below in this exhbitit. |