1. Avatar: Forms of Vishnu
    Photograph: Supplied | Art Gallery of New South Wales | India, Rajasthan, Jaipur 'Vishnu reclines on the cosmic serpent' mid 1800s, opaque watercolour, gold and silver on paper, 23 × 35 cm, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, purchased 2013
  2. Avatar: Forms of Vishnu
    Photograph: The Metropolitan Museum of Art | Cambodia, Battambang, Tuol Baset, Pre-Angkor period (c100–800) 'Lintel depicting Vishnu reclining on the serpent Ananta Shesha (Anantashayin) and the birth of Brahma' mid 600s, sandstone, 63 × 158 × 28 cm, Battambang Provincial Museum, transferred from National Museum of Cambodia, Phnom Penh, photo © The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Art Resource, NY
  3. Avatar: Forms of Vishnu
    Photograph: Supplied | Art Gallery of New South Wales | First generation master after Manaku and Nainsukh of Guler Master of the first generation after Manaku and Nainsukh of Guler, 'Matsya avatar' c1775, folio from the second Guler 'Gita Govinda' series, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, 15.4 × 25.2 cm, Museum Rietberg, Zurich, gift of Horst Metzger

Avatar: Forms of Vishnu

Discover Hindu deity Vishnu’s many avatars at this exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, opening in June
  • Art, Sculpture and installations
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
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Art Gallery of New South Wales
Art Gallery Road, The Domain
Sydney
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Price:
Adults $35, Youth (12-17 years) $10, Family $80
Opening hours:
Daily 9.30am-4pm

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