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PROJECT STATEMENT

The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama is the result of a collaboration between the Committee of 100 for Tibet and the Dalai Lama Foundation. We see this project as a unique opportunity to explore the idea of art as an interpretation of, and a catalyst for, peace. Through the artist's work, we also hope to broaden appreciation for the Dalai Lama and the principles he embodies. The project and exhibition title is an evocative play on words - peace will always be elusive, or missing, in our world, but the Dalai Lama consistently shows that dedicating oneself to peace is anything but pointless. The word 'portrait' is used very loosely. Artists were given the freedom to explore the full life of the Dalai Lama; each 'portrait' was the result of personal interpretation.

PROJECT STATEMENT

The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama is the result of a collaboration between the Committee of 100 for Tibet and the Dalai Lama Foundation. We see this project as a unique opportunity to explore the idea of art as an interpretation of, and a catalyst for, peace. Through the artist's work, we also hope to broaden appreciation for the Dalai Lama and the principles he embodies. The project and exhibition title is an evocative play on words - peace will always be elusive, or missing, in our world, but the Dalai Lama consistently shows that dedicating oneself to peace is anything but pointless. The word 'portrait' is used very loosely. Artists were given the freedom to explore the full life of the Dalai Lama; each 'portrait' was the result of personal interpretation.

The artists, both established and emerging, were selected because their work addresses themes that are embodied by the Dalai Lama, such as compassion, peace, unity of all things, impermanence, spirituality, belief systems, community, people in exile, non-violence, happiness, and tolerance. Many of the artists have created new work for the exhibition in a wide variety of media, including photography, painting, textiles, animation, sculpture, video, and installation works.

We hope that this exhibition will inspire us to reflect on who we are as human beings, our relationship to others, and our place in the world.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

Please note that the selection process for artists is closed.

Marina Abramovic Seyed Alavi Jane Alexander El Anatsui Laurie Anderson Ken Aptekar Richard Avedon Kirsten Bahrs Janssen Chase Bailey Tyseer Barakat Sanford Biggers Phil Borges Dove Bradshaw Guy Buffet Dario Campanile Andy Cao Squeak Carnwath Long-Bin Chen Christo and Jeanne-Claude Costantino Ciervo Chuck Close Bernard Cosey Santiago Cucullu Binh Danh Mel Day Lewis deSoto Filippo di Sambuy Peig Fairbrook and Adele Fox Era and Donald Farnsworth Spencer Finch Sylvie Fleury Louis Fox Adam Fuss Juan Galdeano Rupert Garcia Robin Garthwait and Dan Griffin Richard Gere Losang Gyatso Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison David and Hi-Jin Hodge Jim Hodges Jenny Holzer Tri Huu Luu Ichi Ikeda Yoko Inoue Ilya and Emilia Kabakov Jesal Kapadia Anish Kapoor Kimsooja Enrique Martinez Celaya Nefeli Massia Yumyo Miyasaka Gabriela Morawetz Kisho Mwkaiyama PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

Please note that the selection process for artists is closed.

Marina Abramovic Seyed Alavi Jane Alexander El Anatsui Laurie Anderson Ken Aptekar Richard Avedon Kirsten Bahrs Janssen Chase Bailey Tyseer Barakat Sanford Biggers Phil Borges Dove Bradshaw Guy Buffet Dario Campanile Andy Cao Squeak Carnwath Long-Bin Chen Christo and Jeanne-Claude Costantino Ciervo Chuck Close Bernard Cosey Santiago Cucullu Binh Danh Mel Day Lewis deSoto Filippo di Sambuy Peig Fairbrook and Adele Fox Era and Donald Farnsworth Spencer Finch Sylvie Fleury Louis Fox Adam Fuss Juan Galdeano Rupert Garcia Robin Garthwait and Dan Griffin Richard Gere Losang Gyatso Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison David and Hi-Jin Hodge Jim Hodges Jenny Holzer Tri Huu Luu Ichi Ikeda Yoko Inoue Ilya and Emilia Kabakov Jesal Kapadia Anish Kapoor Kimsooja Enrique Martinez Celaya Nefeli Massia Yumyo Miyasaka Gabriela Morawetz Kisho Mwkaiyama Tom Nakashima Yoshiro Negishi Dang Ngo Michele Oka Doner Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison Susan Plum Rosemary Rawcliffe Tenzing Rigdol Herb Ritts Michal Rovner Ryuichi Sakamoto Sebastiao Salgado Salustiano Andra Samelson Arlene Shechet Jaune Quick-to-See Smith Mike and Doug Starn Pat Steir Hoang Van Bui Adriana Varejão Bill Viola Inkie Whang William Wiley Katarina Wong Yuriko Yamaguchi

VENUES

Opening at the Brukenthal National Museum in Sibiu, Romania on May 18th and showing through July 18th, 2010. RECENT VENUES—

Miami, Florida, The Frost Art Museum, Florida International University, October 9, 2009 to January 10, 2010.

Madrid, Spain, Fundación Canal, January 30 to April 12, 2009.

Tokyo, Japan, October 17 to November 9, 2008.

VENUES

Opening at the Brukenthal National Museum in Sibiu, Romania on May 18th and showing through July 18th, 2010. RECENT VENUES—

Miami, Florida, The Frost Art Museum, Florida International University, October 9, 2009 to January 10, 2010.

Madrid, Spain, Fundación Canal, January 30 to April 12, 2009.

Tokyo, Japan, October 17 to November 9, 2008.

PREVIOUS VENUES— (CONTINUED)

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts -San Francisco, California, December 1, 2007 to March 16, 2008.

Emory Visual Arts Gallery - Atlanta GA, September 29 to October 27, 2007.

Rubin Museum of Art, New York, March-September 2007 and The School of Visual Arts, July-August 2007

Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago, October, 2006-January 2007

U.C.L.A. Fowler Museum of Cultural History, Los Angeles, June-September, 2006.

LEARNING & VIRTUAL TOUR

Learning and fun in The Missing Peace.

MAKING PEACE — make your own art in this community-based activity — using your mobile phone or email!

SCHOOL CURRICULUM — The Dalai Lama Foundation is creating and distributing curriculum materials that can be used by teachers and students in the classroom or by individuals and groups for informal learning.

VIRTUAL TOUR — Take a virtual tour of The Missing Peace. The art occupies two "virtual galleries" and almost 10,000 sq. ft. of floor space. You can explore it here online before visiting the museum.

LEARNING & VIRTUAL TOUR

Learning and fun in The Missing Peace.

MAKING PEACE — make your own art in this community-based activity — using your mobile phone or email!

SCHOOL CURRICULUM — The Dalai Lama Foundation is creating and distributing curriculum materials that can be used by teachers and students in the classroom or by individuals and groups for informal learning.

VIRTUAL TOUR — Take a virtual tour of The Missing Peace. The art occupies two "virtual galleries" and almost 10,000 sq. ft. of floor space. You can explore it here online before visiting the museum.

THE PEACE WALL — visits each venue where The Missing Peace is shown. People here and now can join to have their voices heard and their thoughts acknowledged on the wall.

CONTEMPORARY PEACE ART & EXPRESSION

The world's largest universal symbol of peace is the goal of the Maitreya Project.

ART AND PEACE

Follow these links to explore ideas about peace and art. As we build our knowledge around this subject we will add more categories, information and links. If you would like to suggest ideas for this section, please join us.

CONTEMPORARY PEACE ART & EXPRESSION

The world's largest universal symbol of peace is the goal of the Maitreya Project. OTHER ARTISTS FOCUSED ON PEACE

Crossing the great divide "Music-making like this can and does change lives." From a story in the Manchester Guardian.

Yo! What happened to peace? An expanded version of a show by the same name in Tokyo in May 2003, this is a touring exhibition of peace/anti-war/anti-occupation posters, featuring hand-crafted prints. Film festival in a war zone From an article in the Manchester Guardian.

Picasso created one of the worlds most recognized peace symbols, the Dove of Peace. The Picasso Museum in Barcelona is a good place to start in helping to understand his formative years.

The Big Book for Peace: an anthology for children that brings together 34 artists and writers. Available from Amazon.com.

COMMUNITY INITIATIVES

Each August in Japan, people gather to float lanterns in remembrance of the victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and all victims of war.

Interviews with women who were living at, or involved with the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp.

Giant Peace Doves For UN Peace Day (September 21) Jane Goodall inspires us, the world over, to create and fly giant doves of peace.

Pieces for Peace More than 150 Palestinian and Israeli youth have met over the last 3 years to create 330 square feet of mosaic.

ART AND PEACE

Follow these links to explore ideas about peace and art. As we build our knowledge around this subject we will add more categories, information and links. If you would like to suggest ideas for this section, please join us.

CONTEMPORARY PEACE ART & EXPRESSION

The world's largest universal symbol of peace is the goal of the Maitreya Project. OTHER ARTISTS FOCUSED ON PEACE

Crossing the great divide "Music-making like this can and does change lives." From a story in the Manchester Guardian.

Yo! What happened to peace? An expanded version of a show by the same name in Tokyo in May 2003, this is a touring exhibition of peace/anti-war/anti-occupation posters, featuring hand-crafted prints. Film festival in a war zone From an article in the Manchester Guardian.

Picasso created one of the worlds most recognized peace symbols, the Dove of Peace. The Picasso Museum in Barcelona is a good place to start in helping to understand his formative years.

OTHER ARTISTS FOCUSED ON PEACE [CONTINUED...]

The Big Book for Peace: an anthology for children that brings together 34 artists and writers. Available from Amazon.com.

COMMUNITY INITIATIVES

Each August in Japan, people gather to float lanterns in remembrance of the victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and all victims of war.

Interviews with women who were living at, or involved with the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp.

Giant Peace Doves For UN Peace Day (September 21) Jane Goodall inspires us, the world over, to create and fly giant doves of peace.

COMMUNITY INITIATIVES [CONTINUED...]

Pieces for Peace More than 150 Palestinian and Israeli youth have met over the last 3 years to create 330 square feet of mosaic.

PEACE WALLS

The World Wall for Peace is a project that began in Berkeley, California in 1988.

The Peace Wall, a moveable, collaborative painting, is a series of 15'x5' canvas murals that visits cities, schools and events so that people everywhere can include their messages on the wall.

ART AND PEACE

Follow these links to explore ideas about peace and art. As we build our knowledge around this subject we will add more categories, information and links. If you would like to suggest ideas for this section, please join us.

CONTEMPORARY PEACE ART & EXPRESSION

The world's largest universal symbol of peace is the goal of the Maitreya Project. OTHER ARTISTS FOCUSED ON PEACE

Crossing the great divide "Music-making like this can and does change lives." From a story in the Manchester Guardian.

Yo! What happened to peace? An expanded version of a show by the same name in Tokyo in May 2003, this is a touring exhibition of peace/anti-war/anti-occupation posters, featuring hand-crafted prints. Film festival in a war zone From an article in the Manchester Guardian.

Picasso created one of the worlds most recognized peace symbols, the Dove of Peace. The Picasso Museum in Barcelona is a good place to start in helping to understand his formative years.

OTHER ARTISTS FOCUSED ON PEACE [CONTINUED...]

The Big Book for Peace: an anthology for children that brings together 34 artists and writers. Available from Amazon.com.

COMMUNITY INITIATIVES

Each August in Japan, people gather to float lanterns in remembrance of the victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and all victims of war.

Interviews with women who were living at, or involved with the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp.

Giant Peace Doves For UN Peace Day (September 21) Jane Goodall inspires us, the world over, to create and fly giant doves of peace.

COMMUNITY INITIATIVES [CONTINUED...]

Pieces for Peace More than 150 Palestinian and Israeli youth have met over the last 3 years to create 330 square feet of mosaic.

PEACE WALLS

The World Wall for Peace is a project that began in Berkeley, California in 1988.

The Peace Wall, a moveable, collaborative painting, is a series of 15'x5' canvas murals that visits cities, schools and events so that people everywhere can include their messages on the wall.

TIBETAN PEACE ART & EXPRESSION

Find out about the Eighty-four Indian Adepts, or Mahasiddhas

ART AND PEACE

Follow these links to explore ideas about peace and art. As we build our knowledge around this subject we will add more categories, information and links. If you would like to suggest ideas for this section, please join us.

CONTEMPORARY PEACE ART & EXPRESSION

The world's largest universal symbol of peace is the goal of the Maitreya Project. OTHER ARTISTS FOCUSED ON PEACE

Crossing the great divide "Music-making like this can and does change lives." From a story in the Manchester Guardian.

Yo! What happened to peace? An expanded version of a show by the same name in Tokyo in May 2003, this is a touring exhibition of peace/anti-war/anti-occupation posters, featuring hand-crafted prints. Film festival in a war zone From an article in the Manchester Guardian.

Picasso created one of the worlds most recognized peace symbols, the Dove of Peace. The Picasso Museum in Barcelona is a good place to start in helping to understand his formative years.

OTHER ARTISTS FOCUSED ON PEACE [CONTINUED...]

The Big Book for Peace: an anthology for children that brings together 34 artists and writers. Available from Amazon.com.

COMMUNITY INITIATIVES

Each August in Japan, people gather to float lanterns in remembrance of the victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and all victims of war.

Interviews with women who were living at, or involved with the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp.

Giant Peace Doves For UN Peace Day (September 21) Jane Goodall inspires us, the world over, to create and fly giant doves of peace.

COMMUNITY INITIATIVES [CONTINUED...]

Pieces for Peace More than 150 Palestinian and Israeli youth have met over the last 3 years to create 330 square feet of mosaic.

PEACE WALLS

The World Wall for Peace is a project that began in Berkeley, California in 1988.

The Peace Wall, a moveable, collaborative painting, is a series of 15'x5' canvas murals that visits cities, schools and events so that people everywhere can include their messages on the wall.

TIBETAN PEACE ART & EXPRESSION

Find out about the Eighty-four Indian Adepts, or Mahasiddhas

OTHER

Read one version of the origin of the peace symbol, a.k.a. the nuclear disarmament symbol

Peace keeping maps http://www.un.org/...

WHAT IS ART, ANYWAY?

"Question": is a thematic exhibition including prints, paintings, sculpture and decorative arts. Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for the Visual Arts, Stanford University, Stanford

One personal view http://www.artsjournal.com/...