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Conversations with Curators | Zen Misfits

Wed Feb 19 2025

6–7:30 pm

Seattle Art Museum

Entire Building

Du Fu on His Donkey, early 15th century, Ashikaga Yoshimochi, ink on paper, Overall (incl endknobs & hanging braid): 72 1/2 × 18 1/8 in., Image: 39 3/4 × 12 13/16 in., Purchased from the bequest of Mr. and Mrs. Archibald Stewart Downey, 53.82. Photo: Chloe Collyer.

Aaron Rio | Tateuchi Foundation Curator of Japanese and Korean Art

Zen pictures are populated by a diverse cast of characters—alongside buddhas and bodhisattvas can be found a host of other Buddhist and non-Buddhist deities, teachers, cultural luminaries, and semi-legendary magicmen. Focusing on medieval and early-modern Japan, this talk will explore the place of iconoclasts, outsiders, and other misfits in the Zen pictorial tradition.

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