LACMA (Venue Partner)
5905 Wilshire Blvd
323.857.6000
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Heroes and Villains: The Battle for Good in India's Comics at LACMA
- When
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Oct 17, 2009 – Feb 7, 2010
Mondays–Tuesdays (noon–8pm)
Thursdays (noon–8pm)
Fridays (noon–9pm)
Saturdays–Sundays (11am–8pm)
- Where
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Directions: LACMA is located on Wilshire Boulevard between Fairfax and Curson avenues—midway between Downtown Los Angeles and Santa Monica. From the Santa Monica Freeway (10), take Fairfax Avenue north 2 miles to Wilshire Boulevard.
- Price
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$12 / Pay what you can after 5pm
- Links
Note:
Exhibition Lecture: Heroes and Villains in India's Amar Chitra Katha Comics, Sunday, January 10 at 2pm. Check the website for details and further events.
Rendering and paraphrasing India's ancient epic tales of archetypal gods and goddesses at war with demonic bad guys, Heroes and Villains: The Battle for Good in India's Comics offers traditional and modernized incarnations of buffed-up Ramas and svelte Devis kicking Evil's ass. Included are vintage Indian comic books with tiger-riding, multi-armed, blue-hued deities; the East-meets-West adventures of Marvel Comics' Spiderman in Indian pantaloons; a hulking Rama and luscious Wonder Woman bringing down the dark side in DC Comics' Godwar; and Liquid Comics' pencil-and-ink collaborations chronicling the intense futuristic sagas of Ramayan and Devi. Illuminating and contextualizing the modern manifestations of the Indian epics is a collection of simple and exquisite traditional 18th and 19th century Indian paintings.
