Curator Gallery Talk: Padma Maitland
The Elephant’s Eye: Artful Animals in South & Southeast Asia
- When
- Thu Mar 13, 2014
- Where
- Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA)
- Time
- 12:15 pm
- Cost
- $10
- Tags
- Museums, Fine Arts Museums
Description
No reservations required. Included with admissionGuest curator Padma Maitland, a Ph.D. candidate at UC Berkeley, discusses the important role of elephants in the art and culture of South and Southeast Asia. Characterized by Maitland as “tender, wise, and strong,” elephants serve as religious, political, and cultural icons in many of the works on view.
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