The Art of Storytelling : Art of India from Wisconsin Collections

Organizer

Elvehjem Museum of Art

Curator

Raducha, Joan Anastasia

Date

• October 26, 1985-January 19, 1986

Summary

• Description from the Elvehjem bulletin/annual report 1985–86: "This exhibition of sculptures, miniature paintings, terracotta and ivory figurines and coins centered around the narrative tradition in Indian art. Guest curator Joan Raducha selected the works from various public and private collections for their narrative qualities—in some cases as straight-forward illustrations to specific story cycles such as the life of the Buddha or the Rāmāyana, in others as metaphorical interpretations in human terms of abstract concepts such as musical modes or states of emotion." [p. 79]