Utah Museum Exhibits Explore Art and Hindu Belief

ALPHA OMEGA ARTS NEWS
By TAHLIB
Bhajan Ashram at Dawn, Vrindavan, India, 2003. Archival carbon inkjet print on handmade
Hahnemuhle photo rag 308 g/m2 paper. © Fazal Sheikh; courtesy Pace/McGill Gallery, New York.
UTAH---The Utah Museum of Fine Arts at the University of Utah is pleased to announce two exhibitions exploring Hinduism in art. The first is "Moksha" a visual story by artist-activist Fazal Sheikh about the widows who've taken refuge in India's holy city of Vrindavan and their hopes of achieving moksha, or heavenly release. A companion exhibition to Moksha that explores the Hindu god Krishna—and the concepts of bhakti (devotion) and moksha (salvation)—through sacred and secular artworks, dating from the 11th century to the 20th, from the UMFA's Asian art collection. Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA) mission is to engage visitors in discovering meaningful connections with the artistic expressions of the world's cultures.

Utah Museum of Fine Arts: "Moksha: Photography by Fazal Sheikh" (Ends November 30, 2014) 410 Campus Center Drive, Salt Lake City, UT; (801) 581-7332; umfa.utah.edu

Utah Museum of Fine Arts: "Krisha: Lord of Vrindavan" (August 8–November 30, 2014); 410 Campus Center Drive, Salt Lake City, UT; (801) 581-7332; umfa.utah.edu