EternalTransience,EnlightenedWisdom:MasterpiecesofBuddhistArtcontextualisesthirtythreebronzestatuesandthangkasofdeitiesandgurusinTibetanBuddhismfromTibet,Nepal,PakistanandMongoliadatingfromthe6th–19thcenturies.
Fromanarthistoricalperspective,theseHimalayanmasterpiecesreflectanarrayofaestheticandartistictraditionsfromneighbouringregionsacrosstheIndiansubcontinentandCentralAsia.Thebookprovidesacomprehensiveanalysisoftheartworks’iconographyandmaterialculture.
AspartofBuddhism’seternaljourneyfromIndiatotheHimalayas,ChinaandJapan,thereligiousiconsandobjectsofdailyreligiouspracticeremainatestamenttotheshiftingculturesthathaveengagedwithBuddhismoverthemillennia.
AcknowledgingsuchastateoftransiencehighlightstheenlightenedwisdomofTibetanBuddhismasportrayedthroughthevariousartworks.
「如來一相：佛教藝術藏珍」展出藏傳佛教藝術品，包括銅像及唐卡。展品源自6至19世紀西藏、尼泊爾、巴基斯坦，甚至遠及蒙古。
藝術史上，藏傳佛教藝術興於喜馬拉雅山脈一帶，承襲了印度次大陸及中亞地區的美學和工藝傳統。
佛法從印度傳至喜馬拉雅山脈，藏傳教派漸成，及後傳至漢土、東洋。當中歷經王朝更迭，寺廟興衰，僧眾流徙，用以傳法的圖像、器物也隨時地流變。如是觀之，藏傳佛教藝術形相無定，菩提一相恆無相，可見緣起性空之佛理。
