AMoA National Juried Biennial
August 27 - October 23, 2011
American Modern and Contemporary Paintings & Sculpture
Price Gallery of Asian Art
The Amarillo Museum of Art’s Asian art collection has grown dramatically over the past ten years through the generosity of Dr. and Mrs. William T. Price of Amarillo. Their donations of art objects have and will spark a variety of significant exhibitions, introducing Asian art and culture to the Texas Panhandle community and to visitors near and far.
Over the past fifty years, Dr. and Mrs. Price have collected sculpture, prints, paintings, textiles, and decorative arts from South/Southeast Asia, Japan, and the Middle East. They have donated over 300 works to the permanent collection, including nearly 150 Edo Period (1615-1868) Japanese Woodblock Prints, and over 15 significant Hindu and Buddhist sculptures dating from the 2nd-19th centuries. The origins of these sculptures include India, Cambodia, Nepal, and Indonesia (including works from Java’s monumental Buddhist temple complex, Borobudur). Textiles are also one of the Price’s passions, and they have generously donated over 75 Islamic prayer rugs and secular rugs, saddle blankets, and bags from such countries as Turkey, Afghanistan, Iran, Spain, and Tibet.
In February 2005, the Museum and its Board of Trustees honored Dr. and Mrs. Price with the naming of a Museum gallery in their honor; it is now called the Price Gallery of Asian Art.
