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Exhibition Overview

Organized by the San Diego Museum of Art, Domains of Wonder: Selected Masterworks of Indian Painting is a major exhibition consisting of 124 paintings and 2 bound manuscripts from India made between the 14th and 19th century. Drawn from the Museum's Edwin Binney 3rd Collection, this is the largest nationally touring exhibition to so thoroughly showcase the richness and depth of this remarkable collection.

Tour Schedule

• San Diego Museum of Art, October 22, 2005-January 22, 2006
• Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, September 20-November 26, 2006
• Dallas Museum of Art, November 18, 2007-January 27, 2008

B.N. Goswamy studied history at the Panjab University in Chandigarh, India, later specializing in the history of Indian art. For more than 30 years, he taught as a professor of art history at the Panjab University, where he was also director of the University Museum of Fine Arts. He has been visiting professor at the Universities of Heidelberg, Pennsylvania, California (at Berkeley and Los Angeles), Texas, and Zürich; and has lectured extensively in Europe, the United States, and India. Most of his publications have been in the area of Indian painting, Imperial land grants, and the history of Indian costume. He is currently professor emeritus at the Panjab University.

Caron Smith received a Ph.D. in Chinese art and archaeology from the NYU Institute of Fine Arts. She has worked at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in the Department of Asian Art and the Office of the President; at the Asia Society, New York, as associate director of galleries and curator of the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection; and at the San Diego Museum of Art, where she was senior curator of Asian Art. She is currently chief curator and deputy director of the Rubin Museum of Art in New York.

Sonya Rhie Quintanilla, SDMA's curator of Asian art is the project manager for this exhibition. She received a Ph.D. in South Asian art history from Harvard University and taught as a professor of art history at the University of California, Irvine, and was also a visiting professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. Since joining SDMA in spring 2004, she has curated Origins of Mughal Painting and Devotional Arts of Nepal from the collection of Edwin Binney 3rd and has overseen installations of the Museum's Asian art collections. She is also currently working on her forthcoming book, History of Early Stone Sculpture at Mathura (ca. 150 BCE-100 CE).

Exhibition Sponsorship

Domains of Wonder: Selected Masterworks of Indian Painting is organized by the San Diego Museum of Art.

Funding for the exhibition is made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts and the San Diego Museum of Art Docent Council. Support for conservation of the paintings was made possible by the Getty Foundation and the Institute for Museum and Library Services. Support for the accompanying catalogue is made possible by the Christensen Fund, as well as the Asian Arts Council and the Committee for the Arts of the Indian Subcontinent of the San Diego Museum of Art.

Local presentation is made possible by the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture, the County of San Diego Community Enhancement Program, and members of the San Diego Museum of Art.

Exhibition Catalogue

A fully illustrated, 304-page catalogue featuring essays by exhibition guest curator B.N. Goswamy accompanies Domains of Wonder: Selected Masterworks of Indian Painting. The book includes full-color illustrations of every work in the exhibition. Clothbound $40; hardcover $70.

Exhibition Hours

Tuesday-Wednesday, Friday-Sunday: 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.; Thursday: 10:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m.

Exhibition Prices

Adults $10; seniors (65+) and military with I.D. $8; students $7; Youth (6-17) $4; Children 5 and under are free.

Museum Information
San Diego Museum of Art
1450 El Prado, Balboa Park
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 122107
San Diego, CA 92112-2107
General Information: (619) 232-7931/ Facsimile: (619) 232-9367
Web site: www.sdmart.org

Media Contacts

• Chris Zook, Senior Public Relations Officer, (619) 696-1946, cszook@sdmart.org
• Susannah Stringam, Director of Marketing, (619) 696-1945, sstringam@sdmart.org

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