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Highlights Tour // Bows and Breastplates at the BMA

PriceFree
September 21, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm

This is a staged photograph of a model posing as the Hindu goddess Kali. She stands with her legs apart as if she is about to leap out of the frame. Her skin is a dark blue, her eyes are wide, her red tongue is sticking out, she wears a garland of human heads and a skirt of human arms. She has ten arms that hold weapons like a trident, bow and arrow, shield, sword, discus and more. The background is red with splashing blood.
Maa Kali From the Darshan Series 2013 Chromogenic print, brass embossed frame Manjari Sharma Born Mumbai, India 1979 Lives and works in California, USA

Join Dr. Rachel White, Director of Learning and Engagement, as she discusses the work of two contemporary artists, Patty B. Driscoll and Manjari Sharma, who take inspiration from historical imagery to create new works that explore women and power.

Each Highlights Tour offers an intimate look at specific areas of the BMA collection with a BMA curator or educator. Join us to learn something new about our collection of more than 27,000 works of art! 

Tours begin in the Main Lobby of the BMA.