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Painted Prayers

July 23, 1995 - April 7, 1996

Museum: Sackler Gallery

Location: Second Level

Some 61 color photographs by Stephen Hullers document Indian ritual paintings created by women. The exhibition also explores the processes by which the paintings are made, the contexts in which they are seen, and the functions they serve in village life.

Related book: Painted Prayers $50

See July 1995 Smithsonian magazine, pp. 94-99

Curator: Vidya Dehejia