Intersections

Art and Transformation

Human experience is fraught with challenges and difficulties, and art is often made and used to influence the outcome of the most trying situations. Within the domains of health, spiritual belief, and politics, for example, art can serve as a catalyst for action or provide a means of confronting or accommodating change.

The works in this section of the exhibition have been grouped with reference to three kinds of transformation. The first grouping explores a range of arts used in seeking spiritual intervention through prayer, acts of devotion, and consecration. The second grouping considers the many compelling ways that the arts help to ease the experience of death and facilitate the transition of the deceased to an afterlife. Finally, the third grouping consists of works made by contemporary artists that reflect dynamic social, political, and cultural transformations occurring around them.

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