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The Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany
and its Asian
Exhibitions

by Wenzel Jacob, Director of The Art and Exhibition Hall of
the Federal
Republic of Germany.

Jacob presents a brief history of the Art and Exhibition Hall
(KAH),
summarizing its purpose and the major Asian exhibitions that
it has held,
and also discusses the upcoming exhibition `Angkor - Sacred
Heritage of
Cambodia', on display from 15 December 2006 to 9 April 2007.
This will be
the most comprehensive exhibition of its kind in Germany, with
an overview
of Khmer culture that enables the observer to explore not only
the art of
this ancient civilization but also its historical, social and
religious
aspects.




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Radical Genius: The Earliest Art of the Ancient Khmer
by Helen Ibbitson Jessup, an independent scholar specializing
in the art and
architecture of Southeast Asia, and co-curator of the
exhibition `Angkor -
Sacred Heritage of Cambodia'.

In this article, Jessup looks at early Khmer art and
architecture and what
evolved and developed from it. For example, how the small 8th
century temple
of Prasat Ak Yum - with its mountain profile invoking Mount
Meru, home of
the Indic gods, its cave and its mandala plan - provided the
template for
successive temple mountains, and ultimately Angkor Wat. And if
the elision
of cave and mountain in Khmer sacred structures can be
perceived as an
original conception, can a similar recognition account for the
astonishing
nature of 7th century Khmer statuary? Jessup goes on to
examine inspirations
for and consequent development of Khmer sculpture.

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Dr. Justin McDaniel
Dept. of Religious Studies
2617 Humanities Building
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521
951-827-4530
justinm at ucr.edu