Casting the DivineSculptures of the Nyingjei Lam Collection

March 2, 2012–February 11, 2013
Rubin Museum
150 W. 17th St., NYC

Metal sculpture of figure leaning over bent left leg surrounded by an almond-shaped halo. — Tantric figure of Tepedop Tibet with Kashmir influence, 11th-12th century Silver with inlaid copper, on
bronze throne Nyingjei Lam Collection Height: 16 cm L2005.9.30 (HAR 68449)

Shortly after opening in 2004, the Rubin Museum received a long-term loan of more than one hundred works of art known as the Nyingjei Lam Collection. This collection abounds in exquisite sculptures from the Himalayas and the regions immediately to the south, including works in metal, stone, and bone that have stunning details, inlays of precious materials, and fine inscriptions. These objects invite the viewer to look closely, compare, and enjoy.

Works from the Nyingjei Lam Collection have enriched many of the exhibitions organized by the Museum, but this exhibition presents the collection as a whole for the first and only time. This exhibition has been conceived to emphasize the strengths of the Nyingjei Lam Collection, and its loan to the Rubin Museum is an act of deep generosity.

The exhibition is accompanied by a catalog, The Sculptural Heritage of Tibet: Buddhist Art in the Nyingjei Lam Collection, by David Weldon and Jane Casey Singer. It was published in 1999 by Laurence King Publishing, an imprint of Calmann & King Ltd.

CuratorCurator

Christian Luczanits was a senior curator at the Rubin from 2010–2014. He studied Tibetan and Buddhist Studies at the Institute of Tibetan and Buddhist Studies, University of Vienna, Austria, with a focus on art historical subjects. There he completed his PhD under the external supervision of the late Maurizio Taddei, Istituto Universitario Orientale, Napoli.

Casting the DivineSculptures of the Nyingjei Lam Collection

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