Gods in Living Color: Hindu Devotional Lithographs and the Birth of Modern Indian Visual Culture
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𝗚𝗼𝗱𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗿: 𝗛𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲
Wednesday, November 11
5 pm | Friends’ Exclusive Reception in the Museum Lobby
6 pm | Meade Lecture in the Noble Theater
At the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, explore a transformative yet often overlooked chapter in South Asian art history: the explosion of popular devotional art through lithographic printing in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Calcutta (now Kolkata). These vibrant and accessible mass-produced images brought the divine into everyday life, offering devotees new ways to engage with their gods, and reshaping spiritual experiences in colonial India.
𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗘𝗥
Laura Weinstein is Ananda Coomaraswamy Curator of South Asian and Islamic Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. She received her PhD from Columbia University in 2011. At the MFA, she has led the reinstallation of the Museum’s South Asian, Southeast Asian, and Islamic art collections and has curated exhibitions including "Ink, Silk & Gold: Islamic Art from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston," and "Divine Color: Hindu Prints from Modern Bengal," as well as numerous smaller exhibitions drawing on the MFA’s holdings.
𝗟𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗧𝗦
James C. Meade Lecture Series tickets are $15 for the public and $5 for OKCMOA Individual, Dual, and Fellow members. Reserve your tickets online or by calling 405.278.8207 to guarantee your seat.
Register: https://www.okcmoa.com/visit/events/gods-in-living-color-hindu-devotional-lithographs-and-the-birth-of-modern-indian-visual-culture/
𝗘𝗫𝗖𝗟𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗙𝗜𝗧𝗦 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗗 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗦𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗠𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗦
OKCMOA members at the Friend and Sustainer levels are invited to join us at 5 pm for a private reception prior to the lecture. For questions about the private reception, contact [email protected] or 405.278.8207.
Learn more about member levels and benefits at okcmoa.com/membership.
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Image Credit: "Ganesha" (detail), printed by Chore Bagan Art Studio, published by Amar Nath Shaha, about 1895-1900. Lithograph. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Marshall H. Gould Fund, 2017.3947.
Wednesday, November 11
5 pm | Friends’ Exclusive Reception in the Museum Lobby
6 pm | Meade Lecture in the Noble Theater
At the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, explore a transformative yet often overlooked chapter in South Asian art history: the explosion of popular devotional art through lithographic printing in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Calcutta (now Kolkata). These vibrant and accessible mass-produced images brought the divine into everyday life, offering devotees new ways to engage with their gods, and reshaping spiritual experiences in colonial India.
𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗘𝗥
Laura Weinstein is Ananda Coomaraswamy Curator of South Asian and Islamic Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. She received her PhD from Columbia University in 2011. At the MFA, she has led the reinstallation of the Museum’s South Asian, Southeast Asian, and Islamic art collections and has curated exhibitions including "Ink, Silk & Gold: Islamic Art from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston," and "Divine Color: Hindu Prints from Modern Bengal," as well as numerous smaller exhibitions drawing on the MFA’s holdings.
𝗟𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗧𝗦
James C. Meade Lecture Series tickets are $15 for the public and $5 for OKCMOA Individual, Dual, and Fellow members. Reserve your tickets online or by calling 405.278.8207 to guarantee your seat.
Register: https://www.okcmoa.com/visit/events/gods-in-living-color-hindu-devotional-lithographs-and-the-birth-of-modern-indian-visual-culture/
𝗘𝗫𝗖𝗟𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗙𝗜𝗧𝗦 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗗 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗦𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗠𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗦
OKCMOA members at the Friend and Sustainer levels are invited to join us at 5 pm for a private reception prior to the lecture. For questions about the private reception, contact [email protected] or 405.278.8207.
Learn more about member levels and benefits at okcmoa.com/membership.
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Image Credit: "Ganesha" (detail), printed by Chore Bagan Art Studio, published by Amar Nath Shaha, about 1895-1900. Lithograph. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Marshall H. Gould Fund, 2017.3947.
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