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Curated exhibitions / 06

Works in context.
Questions to consider.

Each exhibition brings a focused group of works together around a shared subject. Follow the sequence or open any work for its full record and 3D view.

01

Gesture, force, balance

Bodies in Motion

Eleven works that use posture, balance, and composition to describe movement: throwing, falling, wrestling, dancing, and walking.

02

Rulers, protectors, ancestors

Power & Presence

Across time and place, sculpture has represented authority through scale, posture, material, costume, and religious or political symbols.

03

Devotion, protection, passage

Sacred Forms

Works associated with prayer, protection, remembrance, and passage. They come from distinct traditions and should be understood in relation to their original settings.

04

Fragments, casts, afterlives

What Survives

A missing limb, an isolated head, a surviving relief, and a cast after a distant original. These works show how sculpture is changed by damage, copying, and collection history.

05

Carving, relief, ornament

The Work of the Surface

Ten works in which shallow relief, incised lines, drilled depth, modeled clay, and painted or carved ornament carry essential information.

06

Animals as vessels, guardians, symbols, and performers

The Other Kingdom

Across three thousand years and several regions, these works use animals to carry religious, political, domestic, and ceremonial meanings. They are not a single tradition; each has its own context and purpose.