Islamic art exhibition to be held in Australia
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- Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 09:23:42 -0400
Islamic art exhibition to be held in Australia
10/12/2005 6:30:00 PM GMT
A collection of Southeast Asian Islamic art will be displayed in a
spectacular exhibition of Islamic heritage and culture to be held in the
Art Gallery of South Australia in Adelaide from November 10 to January 29.
Titled "Crescent Moon: Islamic Art & Civilization in Southeast Asia", it
will be the first major international exhibition to focus on Islamic art
in the region.
The exhibition will display more than 20 Indonesian and Malaysian
gold-illuminated manuscripts, including a rare Qur'an from Aceh.
Gallery spokeswoman Miranda Starke said that "Crescent Moon" would
introduce to Australian audience the beauty and complexity of Islamic
culture.
"Southeast Asian creative genius found expression in a wide variety of
media, including metalwork, manuscript illumination, textiles and wood
carving," she said.
Starke said the exhibition will expose the unique developments in the art
of Islamic Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei and the Philippines, as
well as the Muslim communities of Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia and Vietnam.
"Splendid objects in silk, gold, lacquer, porcelain and stone illustrate
the transformations of indigenous motifs and techniques into dynamic new
art forms expressing the message of the Prophet Mohammad," she said.
Islam arrived in Southeast Asia almost 800 years ago in ships carrying
Muslim traders from the Arab world, India and China. The religion had been
embraced enthusiastically by the royal courts and rural communities across
the region.
"In an innovative overview of the interchange between these cultural
traditions, sumptuous gold heirloom jewellery and regalia from the royal
sultanates of the archipelago will be exhibited alongside Australian
Aboriginal bark paintings from Arnhem Land in the north of Queensland,
depicting the Muslim sailors who reached Australia long before Europeans
landed on these shores," Starke said.
She said "Crescent Moon" would celebrate the diversity of Islamic designs
arriving in Southeast Asia "on the winds of foreign trade and cultural
exchange".
Source: Bernama
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