Mary Anne was sad. She thought the Barbie exhibit had opened, but we were a week early. Expect photos of that, including the Barbiemobile, to be forthcoming.
In the meantime, I offer you a brief study of some of the Gods of the East from an exhibition called Expanding Darshan: Manjari Sharma, To See & Be Seen.
These are photographs “natural”, not retouched by Photoshop. The “gods” are well-known: a Bollywood actor, a news reader, and so on.
Vishnu, God of PreservationGanesha, God of New Beginnings, and Lakshmi, Goddess of Prosperity and FertilitySome goddess astride some kind of bird. I should take better notes.Kali, Goddess of Mercy, Language, and other things, and Shiva, the Destroyer and Restorer.
Back on Planet Earth, here are a few things at caught my eye as we strolled the other Northern wing galleries.
Nude Manby Viola FreyI saw this same work at the Seattle Art Museum a few years ago. It’s by Kehinde Wiley.A piece from the emerging artists gallery. See my previous comment about taking better notes.From the Archaeologyof Memoryexhibition by Amalia Mesa-Bains
