![]() LA: When you look at them, you see how fine the drawings are, you realize that it pays to also have the magnifying glass to look at them. The Speed is handing out magnifying cards to help visitors get a chance to see them. Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper.īJ: Something I noticed that carries through to both sections is how detailed all the paintings are. Nim qalam drawing mounted on a detached album folio. ![]() San Diego Museum of Art An elephant combat. Other times elephants were hunted, which we'll see more of in the next section of the exhibition. In the hunt, you can either have that equestrian portrait, which tells you that relationship to the hunt. continues one of these courtly activities, which is the hunt. You know she's a royal woman because she has all these attendants. So sometimes even though with these last few you'll see a woman on horseback with her attendants. So we've looked at processions with activities of course also involved with hunting, falconry. LA: The Throne really focuses on the role of the ruler, the way the ruler presented himself, people at court, princely activities, courtly activities, but what are the ways that that was done? What are the ways that the ruler showed his power? The last few paintings, look into the love area. We take out this one theme, which is elephants, because they're such a big part of South Asian oral tradition.īJ: “The Throne, the Chase and the Heart” section is divided up into even more sub-sections. The second exhibition that we'll go through is called “Elephant in the Room,” and at that point, you hopefully have an understanding of the courtly painting, the way the artists in the workshop worked. One is called “The Throne, the Chase and the Heart” and this was really an effort to show the courtly side of Indian painting. Ladan Akbarnia: This particular exhibition has two, sort of, mini-exhibitions that are under this umbrella of the larger title. This interview has been edited for clarity.īreya Jones: Tell me a bit about “India: South Asian Paintings from the San Diego Museum of Art.” “India: South Asian Paintings from the San Diego Museum of Art” is on display at the Speed Art Museum through May 12.Īkbarnia spoke to LPM arts and culture reporter Breya Jones about the exhibition. The San Diego Museum of Art’s curator of South Asian and Islamic art Ladan Akbarnia put together the traveling exhibition of paintings dating from the 15th to 19th century.
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