National Museum of India Hosts "The Body in Indian Art" Exhibition in Delhi

BUSINESS STANDARD
By ANI

INDIA---The National Museum is holding a 11-week-long landmark exhibition here titled 'The Body in Indian Art'. [It] asks profound questions about the way in which Indians have chosen to represent the body through millennia, across region, religion and culture. Curated by Dr.Naman P Ahuja, and inaugurated by Culture Secretary Ravindra Singh..., the exhibition has close to 300 objects on display, from 44 institutions and individuals across the country. Religious traditions that do not use the human form are also represented. Where the depiction of the body is many traditions in Jain, Buddhist and Islamic art have found 'aniconic' or non-corporeal means of expressing their reverence. [link]