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Docent Talks: The Melt
Join us for an in-depth look at a key artwork from the collection.
Enliven your visit with an in-depth look at a key artwork from the collection. Each twenty-minute talk highlights a single artwork.
In Tsherin Sherpa’s The Melt, a traditional Tibetan protector god is dramatically distorted into a fluid sculpture that challenges how we view reality, history, and change.
Meet in gallery 12, The Himalayas and the Tibetan Buddhist World (3rd floor).
This event is included with General Admission.
Image: The Melt, 2017. By Tsherin Sherpa (Nepalese, b. 1968). Acrylic, ink, and gold on canvas. Asian Art Museum, Museum purchase, Mortimer-Harvey Fund, 2017.44. Photograph © Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.
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