Join guest curator, Ive Covaci, for an inside view of the exhibition Kamakura Realism and Spirituality in the Sculpture of Japan and its exploration of how sculptures are “brought to life” or “enlivened” by the spiritual connection between exterior form, interior contents, and devotional practice, reflecting the complexity and pluralism of the period. This exhibition marks the first major loan show of Kamakura sculpture in the United States in more than thirty years.

Ive Covaci is a lecturer in Art History at Fairfield University. She received her M.A from Stanford University and Ph.D. from Yale University.

The exhibition catalogue Kamakura Realism and Spirituality in the Sculpture of Japan is available from AsiaStore.

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Held in conjunction with the exhibition Kamakura: Realism and Spirituality in the Sculpture of Japan, on view at Asia Society Museum from February 9 to May 8, 2016.