“Kora: A Meditation on Pilgrimage” Exhibition
Queens Museum of Art
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In the Tibetan Buddhist and Bön traditions, a kora is a type of pilgrimage made through repeatedly walking and meditating around a sacred site or temple, the word itself meaning circumambulation or revolution. As a counterpoint to Anonymous: Contemporary Tibetan Art, the artists featured in Kora: A Meditation on Pilgrimage examine pilgrimage in its broadest possible context, with many creating site specific works for the Panorama’s unique environment. Footprints of an imaginary devotee encircle the entire space, connecting works that explore different ideas of veneration. Each artist occupies a wall, suggestive of stages on the journey. The architecture of the Panorama and its ramp structure, make it impossible to complete a conventional circumambulation. It is a discontinuous or uncompleted kora surrounding the three-dimensional depiction of the city of New York.
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Schedule
from November 01, 2014 to January 04, 2015
Opening Reception on 2014-11-01 from 16:00 to 20:00