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      Past Exhibition

      Figuring the Abstract in Indian Art

      On view April 5, 2014 to February 1, 2015

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      10 am–5 pm

      Monday

      10 am–5 pm

      Tuesday

      Closed

      Wednesday

      Closed

      Thursday

      10 am–5 pm

      Friday

      10 am–5 pm

      Saturday

      10 am–5 pm

      Sunday

      10 am–5 pm

      Monday

      10 am–5 pm

      Tuesday

      Closed

      Wednesday

      Closed

      Thursday

      10 am–5 pm

      Friday

      10 am–5 pm

      Saturday

      10 am–5 pm

      Sunday

      10 am–5 pm

      This installation explores abstraction as a vehicle for embodying form and meaning.

      This installation of 20th-century paintings and 15th- to 19th-century sculptures explores the concept of abstraction as a vehicle for embodying form and meaning. Moving beyond culture and across time, these works consider style, structure and color, as well as the figurative, metaphorical and idealized as key facets of the abstract.

      The works on view are drawn from PEM's Chester and Davida Herwitz Collection, the most important holding of 20th-century contemporary art from India in this country, the Dr. Leo Figiel Collection of bronze sculpture and The Tina and Anil Ambani Collection, one of India's leading private collections.

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      Tyeb Mehta, Untitled (from Diagonal Lines Series), 1973. Acrylic on canvas. Gift of the Chester and Davida Herwitz Collection, 2001. Photo by Walter Silver/PEM.

      Collection

      South Asian Art

      Ongoing

      Collection

      South Asian Art

      Ongoing

      Painting the Modern in India

      Past Exhibition

      Painting the Modern in India

      April 10, 2010 to June 1, 2012

      Past Exhibition

      Painting the Modern in India

      April 10, 2010 to June 1, 2012

      Epic India: Paintings by M. F. Husain

      Past Exhibition

      Epic India: Paintings by M. F. Husain

      November 4, 2006 to June 3, 2007

      Past Exhibition

      Epic India: Paintings by M. F. Husain

      November 4, 2006 to June 3, 2007

      South Asian Art

      Collection

      South Asian Art

      Collection

      South Asian Art