Sean Rillo Raczka (Londoner with an enduring passion for all things theatrical) calls Spirit and Life Exhibition “a real gem”. Some excerpts …
Spirit and Life is a real gem of an exhibition at the home of London’s Ismaili (a branch of Islam) community, the Ismaili Centre in South Kensington. The building is very striking (I’ve been around it on pervious open days), with its clean lines and Islamic geometry but in a 1980’s modernist shell (the calm roof garden and central prayer hall take you gently away from the bustle of the Cromwell Road outside).
This exhibition really is hard to describe, its contents ranges from the 9th to the 19th Centuries, from China to North Africa via India and Indonesia, to several different dynasties and regions, but praising one god. It is an uplifting experience, such beauty usually is, and the mind really does boggle; how can human hands make such delicate illustrations or jewellery?
Visit his blog for the complete review.
http://seaninthestalls.blogspot.com/2007/08/spirit-and-life-global-cities-zaha.html
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