<p class="title_exhibitions">Current Exhibitions</p> <p> <font class="large"> <strong>India Adorned:Selections from Mingei International's Stephen Huyler Collection</strong><br> Mingei International Museum; Balboa Park, San Diego, CA<br> July 12, 2008 through April 19, 2009<br> </font> On Stephen Huylers'first trip to India, in 1971-72, he conducted research on Indian embroidered and appliquéd textiles. As many of the crafts documented were being destroyed, he began to selectively collect fine examples. Over his subsequent decades of work in India, Dr. Huyler continued to expand his collection into other forms of folk and decorative arts and crafts. In 2007, Stephen Huyler gave this entire collection of more than five hundred pieces to Mingei International Museum, an exemplary museum of folk arts and crafts situated right next to the San Diego Museum of Art in Balboa Park, San Diego. "India Adorned" is an exhibition of some three hundred pieces chosen from that collection by staff curator Rochelle Kessler. The show is complemented by "Eye for India", a video that documents Huylers three decades of research and collecting in South Asia. <br> <a href="exhibitions.cfm?action=detail&id=9&loadcontent=true">More Information</a> </p> <br> <p class="title_exhibitions">Future Exhibitions</p> <p> <font class="large"> <strong>Another Way of Seeing - Sonabai Rajawar</strong><br> Mingei International Museum; Balboa Park, San Diego, CA<br> July 12, 2009 until February, 2010<br> </font> In 2001, Dr. Huyler first traveled to the remote central Indian village of Puhputra in the state of Chhatisgarh to document the life of Sonabai Rajawar for a chapter in his book, Daughters of India. He was so impressed by Sonabais home, her art and her life story, that Huyler resolved to collect the material for an exhibition and book solely about her. Decades ago, as a young bride with an infant son, Sonabai was forceably confined within the walls of her home by her considerably older husband. She was not allowed to see or talk to anyone else for fifteen years. During that time, with no previous training and in a style completely unprecedented in India, Sonabai began to sculpt her walls with colorful, whimsical, delightful art, populating her lonely home with her visions of the community she missed outside. Years later, she was discovered by the Indian art world and given the highest awards and recognition that an Indian artist can receive. Sonabai even traveled with her son to Mingei International in 1986 to display her creative techniques! Another Way of Seeing is the result of years of field research and photography by Dr. Huyler in Chhatisgarh. The exhibition, designed in collaboration with Duggal Visual Solutions in New York, will combine large, innovative photo-montages and projected films with fragile sculptures brought from Sonabais village. After closing at the Mingei, it will be available to travel to other museums. <br> <a href="exhibitions.cfm?action=detail&id=10&loadcontent=true">More Information</a> </p> <br> <p class="title_exhibitions">Online Exhibitions</p> <p> <font class="large"> <strong>Meeting God: Elements of Devotion in India</strong><br> College of the Arts, Ohio State University<br> </font> Stephen Huyler's entire exhibition, 'Meeting God: Elements of Devotion in India" as it originally appeared in Houston, Texas, is made available with all of its captions and text material in the Huntington Archives at Ohio State University.<br> <a href="exhibitions.cfm?action=detail&id=7&loadcontent=true">More Information</a> </p> <p> <font class="large"> <strong>Meeting God: Elements of Hindu Devotion</strong><br> American Museum of Natural History<br> September 8, 2001 through March 31, 2002<br> </font> <img src="/images/exhibitions/exhibitionamericanmuseum.jpg" align="right" width="225" height="150" border="1" alt="">An exhibition about the daily devotion of the Hindus, a religion that is the central focus of one in five human beings. Comprised of photographs, shrines and sacred articles, Meeting God encourages the viewer to interact and become involved with questions about their own beliefs. This site, created by the American Museum of Natural History, explores many of the various aspects of the show and includes video and audio clips.<br> <a href="exhibitions.cfm?action=detail&id=6&loadcontent=true">More Information</a> </p> <br> <p class="title_exhibitions">Completed Exhibitions</p> <p> <font class="large"> <strong>Meeting God: Elements of Hindu Devotion/Tour</strong><br> Cartwright Hall Art Museum; Bradford, England<br> September 26, 2003 - January 11, 2004<br> </font> <img src="/images/exhibitions/exhibitionbradford.jpg" align="right" width="225" height="150" border="1" alt="">This exhibition is the travelling version of the original "Meeting God" exhibition, specifically designed to tour throughout Europe and beyond. The curator at the Cartwright Hall Art Museum recognized the importance of bringing information about Hinduism to the people of Bradford, which has a very large Muslim population. The exhibition has been very well received thus far.<br> <a href="exhibitions.cfm?action=detail&id=8&loadcontent=true">More Information</a> </p> <p> <font class="large"> <strong>India Unfolding</strong><br> Center for Maine Contemporary Art - Rockport, Maine<br> June 14th through July 20th, 2003<br> </font> <img src="/images/exhibitions/exhibitionCMCA.jpg" align="right" width="225" height="150" border="1" alt="">In this multi-media exhibition, photographer and cultural anthropologist Stephen Huyler pushes through boundaries, printing his colorful images on paper, fabric, brushed metal, and Plexiglas. He combines sculptural forms with interactive displays and videos to create the overlapping veils of sensory experience that he finds so common in India. <br> <a href="exhibitions.cfm?action=detail&id=5&loadcontent=true">More Information</a> </p> <br>
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