Not of This World
This exhibition runs Wednesday, September 10, 2014 through Friday, December 5, 2014
Not of This World
September 10-December 5
Tuesday-Sunday, 12-4, Closed Mondays, Closed October 18-21 and November 25-December 2
Opening and Gallery Talk with Curator
Wednesday, September 10, 12:00
A luncheon buffet will be served
A ghost woman who searches for her husband, an immortal trapped in a peasant’s body, and a wheel that spins prayers -- East Asian cultures offer artwork woven through with supernatural and mystical elements. These encompass but a portion of the sensory, transcendental imagery in “Not of This World.” Not only aesthetically pleasing, these pieces reveal spiritual worlds filled with love, betrayal, and faith. To inaugurate Wesleyan University’s College of East Asian Studies, students curated this exhibition of the most compelling artworks from our collection. The divine, the uncanny and the surreal all merge into our lived reality in this selection of objects and images. Uncover the hidden stories of East Asia’s religion and folklore to discover a world not entirely of our own.