Garden and Cosmos: The Royal Paintings of Jodhpur
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
29 October 2009 – 26 January 2010
Garden and Cosmos: The Royal Paintings of Jodhpur is at the Art Gallery of New South Wales as part of Indian Summer at the Gallery from 29 October 2009 to 26 January 2010 and will continue to be sponsored by HSBC.
It comes straight from a critically-acclaimed run at the British Museum, where it was part of Indian Summer, a season of exhibitions and events focusing on India that we also sponsored.
The exhibition features 54 exquisitely beautiful paintings from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries from the royal collection at the Mehrangarh Museum Trust in Jodhpur, all of which have never been seen in Australia before now.
The Creation of the Cosmic Ocean and the Elements. Folio 3 from the Shiva Purana c. 1828. Courtesy of Mehrangarh Museum Trust
The Death of Vali; Rama
and Lakshama Wait Out the Monsoon from the Ramcharitmanas of Tulsidas
(1532 - 1623) Jodhpur, c. 1775 Coutesy of Mehrangarh Musuem Trust
For more information about the exhibition in Australia visit the Art Gallery of New South Wales's website
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HSBC Australian Residency
Svetlana Yarosh, a notable Russian circus performer, completed a four-month residency at the National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA) in Melbourne.
Project date: Ongoing
HSBC Australian Circus Residency
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Cirque du Soleil
HSBC Premier was the Proud Banking Partner of the Cirque du Soleil© Australian DralionTM Tour.
Project date: July 2008–April 2009
Since its creation in 1984, Cirque du Soleil has entertained more than 80 million spectators in over two hundred different cities on five continents. The company currently has eight touring shows and seven resident shows around the world and will be adding new shows in Los Angeles, Japan, Macao and Dubai in the near future. In 2009, Cirque du Soleil will present 20 shows simultaneously throughout the world.
Dralion was the fifth Cirque du Soleil show to tour Australia. It was the fusion of ancient Chinese circus tradition and the avant-garde style of Cirque du Soleil.
The show's name was drawn from its two main symbols: the dragon, representing the East, and the lion, representing the West. Dralion derived much of its inspiration from Eastern philosophy with its perpetual quest for harmony between humankind and nature.
The tour covered Sydney, Canberra, Brisbane, Perth and Melbourne.
