This exhibition features photographs of sacred landscapes in northwestern China by New York-based artist Lisa Ross. In and around the Taklamakan Desert, Ross photographs Muslim shrines, or mazars, often adorned with recycled flags and fabrics. Ross’s remarkable images are largely without the presence of the human figure, allowing the viewer to inhabit a space that is unmediated and complex. 
Allegory and Illusion: Early Portrait Photography from South Asia presents approximately 120 photographs and a selection of albums, glass plate negatives, cabinet cards, cartes-de-visites, and postcards illustrating the rich tradition of portrait photography in India, Burma, Sri Lanka, and Nepal from the mid-19th century to early 20th century. The exhibition is organized in collaboration with the Alkazi Foundation for the Arts, New Delhi.
Living Shrines of Uyghur China
Wednesday February 13, 2013 @ 7:00 PM
Price: $12.00
Member Price: $10.80
Tickets on sale January 10, 2013
$12 program only; $45 program & autographed book
Artist talk: 7:00 PM
Book signing: 8:15 PM
(Admission to the book signing is free, but a ticket is required to attend the artist talk)
SOLD OUT
The stand-by list becomes available at the admissions desk exactly two (2) hours before the start of the program. You must be physically present to sign up on the list. Any available tickets will be released to the stand-by list, in order, beginning ten minutes before the start of the program. Each person can purchase up to two tickets. You must be physically present at the time your name is called or your place in line will be forfeited. Unfortunately, we are unable to predict how many tickets, if any, may become available.
Chairman's Circle members of the museum have first priority to purchase tickets for sold-out programs, should tickets become available. Please call 212.620.5000 ext. 344 to inquire about membership.
Lisa Ross celebrates the publication of her book, Living Shrines of Uyghur China, (Monacelli Press, Feb. 5, 2013) and the opening of her exhibition of photographs with a talk with Rubin Museum curator of photography Beth Citron.
"Lisa Ross is a hunter and gatherer of rare grace. With the patience and resolve of a true pilgrim, she travels to impossible places and captures ephemeral notions (such as prayer, history, isolation, migration, hope, grief, longing, etc.). These notions, she transforms with a quiet alchemy into photographs that inhabit the viewer’s mind and soul forever. Quite simply, my admiration for this work has no bounds." —Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love
About the Artist
Lisa Ross is a Brooklyn born artist and educator based in New York City. Her photographs, and video works have been part of numerous group and solo exhibitions in Europe, North Africa and the US. In 2012, the University of California, Berkeley sponsored an exhibition of her work and she had a residency in Baku, Azerbaijan made possible by a grant through The CICRP European Cultural Capital, Marseilles, France. Her book, Living Shrines of Uyghur China, is to be published by the Monacelli Press, on February 5, 2013.
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