Islamic art exhibition to be held in Australia

[Faris Jawad]

Islamic art exhibition to be held in Australia
10/12/2005 6:30:00 PM GMT

A collection of Southeast Asian Islamic art will be displayed in a
spectacular exhibition of Islamic heritage and culture to be held in
the Art Gallery of South Australia in Adelaide from November 10 to
January 29.

Titled "Crescent Moon: Islamic Art & Civilization in Southeast Asia",
it will be the first major international exhibition to focus on Islamic
art in the region.

The exhibition will display more than 20 Indonesian and Malaysian
gold-illuminated manuscripts, including a rare Qur'an from Aceh.

Gallery spokeswoman Miranda Starke said that "Crescent Moon" would
introduce to Australian audience the beauty and complexity of Islamic
culture.

"Southeast Asian creative genius found expression in a wide variety of
media, including metalwork, manuscript illumination, textiles and wood
carving," she said.

Starke said the exhibition will expose the unique developments in the
art of Islamic Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei and the
Philippines, as well as the Muslim communities of Thailand, Myanmar,
Cambodia and Vietnam.

"Splendid objects in silk, gold, lacquer, porcelain and stone
illustrate the transformations of indigenous motifs and techniques into
dynamic new art forms expressing the message of the Prophet Mohammad,"
she said.

Islam arrived in Southeast Asia almost 800 years ago in ships carrying
Muslim traders from the Arab world, India and China. The religion had
been embraced enthusiastically by the royal courts and rural
communities across the region.

"In an innovative overview of the interchange between these cultural
traditions, sumptuous gold heirloom jewellery and regalia from the
royal sultanates of the archipelago will be exhibited alongside
Australian Aboriginal bark paintings from Arnhem Land in the north of
Queensland, depicting the Muslim sailors who reached Australia long
before Europeans landed on these shores," Starke said.

She said "Crescent Moon" would celebrate the diversity of Islamic
designs arriving in Southeast Asia "on the winds of foreign trade and
cultural exchange".

Source: Bernama

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consider them to be "un-Islamic"...

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