A Walk Through the Newark Museum
Headless Art
Lady Walking a Tightrope, Yinka Shonibare
Headless reveler in the dining room of the 1885 Ballantine House, which is now part of the Newark Museum. This was the home of John Ballantine, sone of New Jersey beer baron Peter Ballantine.
Scary Stuff from Asia
Mahakala mask, Tibet, early 20th century
Shakumi mask, 18th century, Japan
New Georgian bust, Salomon Islands, 19th century
Malagan Ancestor Figure, New Ireland, 19th century
Articulated Dragon, Meiji Period (1968-1912).
Somethings Old
Wheel of Law, Thailand, 7th Century
Small Drum, Japan, Edo Period (1603-1868)
The Newark Museum’s Tibetan Buddhist Altar was visited by the 14th Dalai Lama in 1990
Somethings New
Seeking to Unravel the Shape of an Enzyme, Alfred Jensen, 1977
Television, New China Series, Ma Jun, 2006
Tibetan Locks and Keys, Robert Rauschenberg, 1987
Some Burger Art
Meso-American Big Mac Pyramid, Diego Romero
and Warhol’s Juice
Campbell’s Tomato Juice, Andy Warhol
This makes me want to visit the Newark Museum. Much of what you’ve shown interests me, but the headless art is particularly appealing. Is there a special significance to the absence of heads?
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I don’t think there is any significance to it. They are unrelated pieces that I found in different parts of the museum.
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What a great Tibetan collection. I saw the Dalai Lama about ten years ago at Rutgers. Need to check out this Museum! Thanks, Ken.
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One of my favorite museums…love their Tibetan art collection! Still have a book I got there many years ago: Tibet: A Lost World.
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This was quite a variety of art styles and periods, Ken!
I enjoyed looking at how diverse it all was. Smiles Robin
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