Forms of Awakening: Tibetan Art
From the Jack Shear Collection
Rachel Seligman editor Benjamin Bogin editor Ariana Maki editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Distributed Art Publishers
Publishing:24th Jul '25
£55.00
This title is due to be published on 24th July, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

Presenting the richness of Tibetan Buddhist imagery, this magnificent collection explores key concepts and figures in Tibetan Buddhist artwork For centuries, Tibetan Buddhists have engaged with artworks as objects of veneration, guides for meditation, and tools for teaching. The awakened mind of the Buddha is embodied in the forms of Tibetan Buddhist visual culture. Jack Shear is a photographer and president of the Ellsworth Kelly Foundation. He has bestowed more than 60 works of Tibetan art from his collection across three museums: the Tang Museum at Skidmore College, the Frances Lehman Loeb Center at Vassar College and the Williams College Museum of Art. These include traditional thangka, as well as other Buddhist devotional objects. The collection and the corresponding exhibitions thus draw a connection between past and present: between concepts of awakening within the body, the built environment and the landscape. With a rich green clothbound cover and stunning endpapers drawn from the artworks inside, Forms of Awakening is three books in one: a full catalog of the Jack Shear gift of Tibetan art; a scholarly volume of essays exploring the rich possibilities of engagement with Tibetan visual culture, both within and beyond the classroom; and documentation of the three exhibitions celebrating this exceptional gift. This book was published in conjunction with Tang Museum, Skidmore; The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar; Williams College Museum of Art
ISBN: 9781636811642
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320 pages