Sherman Lee was fond of saying, "News is not history, fashion is not taste, and opinion is not judgment." Evidence for this was apparent in the exhibition Streams and Mountains Without End: Asian Art and the Legacy of Sherman E. Lee at the Cleveland Museum of Art, a show of 50 Asian masterworks acquired by Lee and co-curated by James T. Ulak, deputy director of the Freer and Sackler galleries at the Smithsonian; Stanislaw Czuma, curator emeritus of Indian and Southeast Asian art; and Anita Chung, curator of Chinese art. It opened concurrently with the new east wing, which houses the European and American modern and contemporary galleries. "The exceptional quality of the objects acquired under [Lee's] tenure reflects his view that art was the focal point of the museum—a view not always upheld by the art museums of today," says Czuma.
Streams and Mountains Without End
Streams and Mountains Without End
Streams and Mountains Without End: Asian Art and the Legacy of Sherman E. Lee at the Cleveland Museum of Art was organized by the Cleveland Museum of Art and curated by Anita Chung, curator of Chinese art; Stan Czuma, curator emeritus of Indian and Southeast Asian art; and Jim Ulak, deputy director of the Freer and Sackler galleries. This exhibition was presented by Hahn Loeser + Parks LLP. Support for education and public programs was provided by the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art was generously funded by Cuyahoga County residents through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture. The Ohio Arts Council helped fund this exhibition with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence, and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.
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