The McMullen Student Ambassadors are pleased to present Art in Focus, featuring an informal discussion between Boston College professors from various academic departments. With each new episode, we aim to uncover a unique perspective on the works on display, informed by research and methodologies in areas of study across the University. Each conversation will bring the exhibition’s works “into focus” to highlight art’s expansive reach and interdisciplinary nature.
The following podcast is the second installment in the Art in Focus series, where we explore different themes and artwork from the “Gateway to Himalayan Art” exhibition. For this episode, we invited Boston College Ph.D. candidates Noël Ingram and Kelly Gray of the English Department to discuss an immersive installation of a Tibetan shrine cabinet and accompanying chanting audio to present how traditional house shrines would display these objects. Together, they talk about how the exhibition is an excellent pedagogical tool in the classroom.
From the top left: Shrine Cabinet (Chosham) (Tibet, second half of the 20th century), wood, mineral pigments © Rubin Museum of Art; Left corner close up of Shrine Cabinet (Chosham) (Tibet, second half of the 20th Century), wood, mineral pigments © Rubin Museum of Art; Four-armed Avalokiteshvara (Tibet, 16th century), copper alloy with mineral pigments, semiprecious stones, cloth © Rubin Museum of Art; Photo courtesy of Rachel Chamberlain of the immersive McMullen 3rd floor gallery installation of a Tibetan shrine cabinet.
Useful Links
Click here for the two hours of chanting in a Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room for meditation and concentration.
Click here for our digital walkthrough.
Click here for the Rubin’s Project Himalayan Art website.