“Sacred Stories, Timeless Tales: Mythic Traditions in World Art,” currently on exhibit at the Lowe Art Museum, offers a glimpse into global mythology over 5,000 years.
“More than 20 years of curatorial exploration of the Lowe’s rich permanent collection, which represents some 5,000 years of world art, inspired me to organize an exhibition that illustrated connections that exist between cultures that I found intriguing, both iconographically and aesthetically, based on mythic traditions that have been developed by peoples world-wide,” said Denise M. Gerson, associate director of the Lowe and curator of the exhibit.
Pieces vary in medium and origin, including a 19th century Chinese robe, a sixth century Greek sculpture, which depicts a scene featuring Athena and a recent metal cutout of a siren by a Haitian artist.
“Making the final selection of art objects was challenging,” Gerson said. “I could only include about 130 of them.”
The exhibit was created from the Lowe’s permanent collection of 18,000 different pieces.
“I also wanted to feature works of art from all cultures represented at the Lowe in as many mediums as possible. Finally, as I was collaborating with my director and the Lowe’s five consulting curators, all of whom made the selections in their areas of expertise, coordination was, at times, a bit complicated.”
If You Go:
Where: Lowe Art Museum
When: Now through Oct. 23
What: 130 pieces spanning 5,000 years