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Manifestations of Shiva
Author(s): Marla Shoemaker
Source: Art Education, Vol. 34, No. 3 (May, 1981), pp. 30-32
Published by: National Art Education Association
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Manifestations of Shiva

Marla Shoemaker

T heever
largest exhibition of Hindu art
displayed in the United
States premiered at the Philadel-
phia Museum of Art on March 29,
1981, and will continue through June
7. Spanning 2,000 years of artistic ex-
pression and interpretations of Shiva,
the Hindu god of creation, destruc-
tion, and teacher of all the arts, the
exhibition travels to three other
American museums: the Kimbell Art
Museum in Fort Worth, Texas; the
Seattle Art Museum; and the Los
Angeles County Museum of Art.
"Manifestations of Shiva" was re-
searched and developed over the past
ten years by the Philadelphia Museum
of Art's Curator of Indian Art, Stella
Kramrisch. Included in the show are
132 sculptures and 64 paintings in
which Shiva appears in human, ani-
mal, and abstract forms, each man-
ifestation reflecting only one facet of
his total being. Shiva as the great
ascetic, Lord of Yogis, reveals him-
self in a peaceful state, while Shiva as
Lord of Destruction appears in awe-
some and terrifying forms.
In support of the exhibition,
teachers of all levels are participating
in workshops on Hindu customs and
art. The Museum is offering perma-
nent resource packets on Indian

"Manifestations of Shiva" is sup-

ported by grants from the National
Endowment for the Humanities, the "Nataraja" - One of the forms Shiva appears in is the Nataraja, the Lord of the
Atlantic Richfield Foundation, and Dance. His dance symbolizes the energy which he contains and directs toward
the Pew Memorial Trust. creating, sustaining, and destroying the universe.

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 "Ganesa" - The son Shiva, he creates
and removes obstacles.

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

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studies, which include books, pam- "Shiva Chasing Mohini" - Shiva is pictured
phlets, maps, and essays dealing with here chasing Mohini, who is an illusion of
India and Hinduism. Kits containing Vishnu, another Hindu god.
objects from daily life and religious Anonymous loan
ritual, as well as photographs of ob-
jects in the exhibition, are available
for use by teachers in the classroom.
Through these programs as well as
through student visits to the exhibi-
tion, the museum hopes to improve
and enrich local school curricula on "Shiva Manifesting Within the Linga of
India. Flames, Worshipped by Brahma and
Vishnu" - According to legend, Shiva
appeared as a fiery linga pillar when
Marla Shoemaker is coordinator of Vishnu and Brahma each claimed to have
high school programs at the Philadel- created the universe.
phia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Collection William Theo Brown and Paul
Pennsylvania. Wonner, San Francisco

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