THE MISSING PEACE : ARTISTS CONSIDER THE DALAI LAMA

Shown at the San Antonio Museum of Art (samuseum.org) through July 31, 2011.

This is such an unusual, interesting and far reaching exhibit that I am attaching the Museum’s description and explanation of the exhibit  verbatim. 

 

 

The Missing Peace

Prior to coming to San Antonio, the exhibition has been shown in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Atlanta, San Francisco, Tokyo, Madrid, Miami, Sibiu (Romania), and Stockholm.The result of collaboration between the Committee of 100 for Tibet and the Dalai Lama Foundation and curated by Randy Jayne Rosenberg, The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama will conclude a five-year tour at SAMA — an appropriate location since the Museum houses a fine collection of Himalayan Buddhist art.

A cutting-edge contemporary exhibition that includes works by over eighty artists, The Missing Peace was conceived as a unique opportunity to explore the idea of art as an interpretation of, and a catalyst for, peace. This exhibition includes artists representing different countries who were asked to give their perspectives on the Dalai Lama and his endeavors. It is organized thematically into ten sections: interpreted portraits of the Dalai Lama, Tibet, belief systems, empathy and compassion, transformation, humanity in transition, the path to peace, unity, spirituality and globalization, and impermanence.

Laurie Anderson
From the Air, 2006
Video projection and installation
144 x 144 x 96 in.

The title of the exhibition is an evocative play on words, since peace will always be elusive, or missing, in our world, but the Dalai Lama consistently shows that dedicating oneself to peace is anything but pointless. Included among the international entourage of artists in the exhibition are Marina Abramovic, Laurie Anderson, Richard Avedon, Sanford Biggers, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Chuck Close, El Anatsui, Spencer Finch, Sylvie Fleury, Adam Fuss, Helen and Newton Harrison, Jim Hodges, Jenny Holzer, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, Anish Kapoor, Enrique Martinez Celaya, Michal Rovner, Mike and Doug Starn, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Pat Steir, Bill Viola, and William T. Wiley.

A fully illustrated catalog will be available in the SAMA Store.The exhibition opens at SAMA with a Members Preview on March 11, and will be on view through July 31. The San Antonio presentation of the exhibition is presented with generous support from the Sue E. Denman Memorial Endowment, the Helen and Everett H. Jones Exhibition Endowment, Claudia and David Ladensohn, SAMA Contemporaries, the Marcia and Otto Koehler Foundation, Dr. Jane Appleby,  and the Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation.

 

Herb Ritts His Holiness the Dalai Lama, New York, 1987 silver gelatin print 15 x 10 in
Dove Bradshaw Salt, Half-Heard, 1996-2006 100 ml separatory funnel, water, 100 lbs of Himalayan salt 36 x 40 x 40 in.	Binh Danh Meditation on Universal Compassion, 2005 chlorophyll prints and resin 25 x 19 in.
Jenny Holzer It is in Your Self-Interest to Find a Way to Be Very Tender, 1983-85 White Danby imperial marble footstool 17 x 23 x 15.5 in. Collection of Jessica and Frank Lonergan	Andra Samelson Bamiyan: A Continuum, 2001 ink and acrylic on rice paper over wood panels Courtesy of Phil and Gerri Wicklander
Chuck Close The Dalai Lama, 2005 digital pigment print 50 x 40 in.	Adriana Varejão Andar com fé (To Walk with Faith), 2000photograph 30 x 24 in. Courtesy of Loyola University Museum of Art
Richard Gere Neljorpa from Amdo, 1996 platinum photograph 15 7/8 x 10 9/16 in.	Richard Avedon (American, 1923 –2004) His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Karnataka, India, January, 1998 silver gelatin print 20 x 24 in.
Ichi Ikeda (Japanese, born 1943) 80 Liter Water Box, 2004 mixed media with photographs 66 x 52 x 20 in.	Sylvie Fleury Easy Spirit, 2005 Kirlian photograph 40 x 40 in.
Adam Fuss Untitled, ed. 4/7, 2003  pigmented ink-jet print 72 x 50 in.	Dario Campanile Missing Peace Found, 2005 oil on canvas; video Courtesy of Juliet Sierra, LLC
Louis Fox and Free Range Graphics A Portrait of Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, 2005-2006 Video, 3-minute loop	Pat Steir Blue, ed. 40, 2005  10-color screen print 56 ½ x 43 in.
Filippo di Sambuy (Italian, born 1956) Possible Painting Impossible Sculpture No Ending Energy, 2004 mixed media on canvas 80 x 77 ½ in.	Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Native American, born 1940) Who Leads Who Follows, 2004 oil and acrylic on canvas 80 x 50 in.
Squeak Carnwath (American, born 1947) Naturally We, 2005 oil and alkyd on canvas over panel 80 x 80 in.	Mike and Doug Starn (from the series alleverythingthatisyou, 2006) Fujiflex and Duraclear Lambda prints on Plexiglas and aluminum 72 x 72 in.
William T. Wiley Serpent Frightened by Color, Abstraction, and Time, 2004 tapestry 76 x 105 in.
Lewis deSoto Paranivana, 1999 Mixed media with nylon, painted cloth 71 x 285 x 101 in.
Marina Abramovic At the Waterfall, 2000–2003 continuous video loop
Salustiano (Spanish, born 1965) Reincarnation, 2005 Pigments and acrylic resin on canvas 47 x 126 x 1 ½ in.