Event
Interwoven Journeys: The Michael Abbott collection of Asian art
Adelaide
Free
This exhibition celebrates the many remarkable gifts to AGSA from South Australian barrister Michael Abbott, AO KC.
In Asia, Abbott developed a fascination for textiles — their materiality, meaning and capacity to carry rich cultural traditions. Interwoven Journeys invites visitors to experience the breadth of South Asian and South East Asian art and includes a focus on Balinese, Sumatran and Javanese textiles, including the world’s oldest dated Javanese batik, exhibited for the first time.
The exhibition is complemented by a major publication that describes the way in which Abbott’s generosity has provided a point of convergence for scholars and curators around the world.
In Asia, Abbott developed a fascination for textiles — their materiality, meaning and capacity to carry rich cultural traditions. Interwoven Journeys invites visitors to experience the breadth of South Asian and South East Asian art and includes a focus on Balinese, Sumatran and Javanese textiles, including the world’s oldest dated Javanese batik, exhibited for the first time.
The exhibition is complemented by a major publication that describes the way in which Abbott’s generosity has provided a point of convergence for scholars and curators around the world.
<p>Free Wifi</p>
<p>Caters for people who use a wheelchair.</p><p>Caters for people who are deaf or have hearing loss.</p>
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Non Smoking
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