Until November 25, the exhibition “Ors d’Asie” is being held at the Departmental Museum of Asian Arts.
Whether as currency in Kushan Afghanistan, adornments for Indian maharajahs, or gold dust in Japan, China, or Korea, gold transforms objects that embody the power and splendor of courts. But it is its perfect purity and its ability to evoke the luminous complexion of the Buddha that give gold its special place in Asia, whether it is to honor relics, venerate statues and ritual objects, or consecrate the eternal value of sacred texts reproduced in golden letters.
The Museum wanted to entrust three contemporary artists with introducing this historical exhibition on the Ors d’Asie. The robes of Franck Sorbier, the ceramics of Hitomi Hosono, and the work of Yoko Grandsagne bear witness to the place of gold in the inspiration of contemporary artists.
The exhibition then sets the framework for the exchanges of this rare metal, details the techniques used in its crafting, and allows visitors to admire the magnificence of secular or religious objects whose creation gold has always facilitated.
Through a selection of treasures, the exhibition at the Departmental Museum of Asian Arts, in partnership with the National Museum of Asian Arts-Guimet, explores this universal subject.
