Tour of the Chola Bronzes (London) January 26, 2007

BSL / English Interpreter
Lipspeaker

Graham Greenfield lead this exhibition of the Chola Bronzes exhibition in the Sackler Wing of Galleries. This will be the first UK exhibition specifically devoted to the artistic and aesthetic riches of the Hindu art produced during the Chola dynasty of southern India. Cast using the lost wax technique these portable bronze sculptures are revered as physical manifestations of the Hindu gods they depict including Shiva, Vishnu and Ganesh. The exhibition will contain over forty of these very rare and diverse bronze sculptures from the ninth to thirteenth centuries including the portrayal of Krishna dancing on the serpent Kaliya pictured above, one of only two in existence. Chola bronzes are widely considered to be among the very finest works of Indian sculptural art.