January & February 2013 - Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film ...

Himalayan Pilgrimage:Sacred Spacethrough May 2013Continuing ExhibitionEXHIBITIONSA journey or pilgrimage to a sacred place lies at the heart of TibetanBuddhist practice. The third and final rotation of Himalayan Pilgrimageexplores the theme of sacred space with two large mandala paintingsrepresenting a cosmology of the deity Hevajra, displayed alongsideimages of the Buddha and of historic teachers of various Tibetan orders.Himalayan Pilgrimage is organized by Senior Curator for Asian Art Julia M. White.Thangka of the Hevajra Mandala, Tibet, 14th century; mineralpigments and gold on cloth, 21 ¾ × 18 in.; on long-term loan from aprivate collection. Photo: © Christie’s Images Limited (2012).Public ProgramSunday / 2.10.13 / 11:00Guided Meditation with Wes Nisker p. 13The Reading RoomongoingContinuing ExhibitionVisit The Reading Room, a temporary project dedicatedto poetry and experimental fiction. Leave abook from your own collection and take home a bookfrom one of several noted East Bay small presses.Spend time here reading and viewing text-basedand other writing-themed artwork.The Reading Room is supported by a generous grant from theKadist Art Foundation, San Francisco. Special thanks to RamsayBell Breslin for organizing the book installation, to Ross Craig forcreating the sound installation, and to Meyer Sound for contributingthe speakers. Thanks also to Kelsey Street Press, Atelos Books,Tuumba Press, and Small Press Distribution for their donations.Alice Hutchinson: Self-Portrait, 1966; collage: vintagegelatin silver and Letraset; 7 × 5 in.; gift of Alice Hutchinson.1994.5.174.2.8 january & FEBRuary 2013