Asian Christians take scriptural themes to art.(ART)(Nalini Jayasuriya, Sawai Chinnawong, Nyoman Darsane, He Qi and Wisnu Sasongko)

From: National Catholic Reporter | Date: August 17, 2007| Author: Herlinger, Chris | Copyright information

If Nalini Jayasuriya, Sawai Chinnawong, Nyoman Darsane, He Qi and Wisnu Sasongko are not household names in the Western art world, they are still better known in the West than in their own countries.

These five contemporary Asian artists are all Christians, working as members of a minority religious tradition on a continent where Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam command the largest share of loyalty.

That has not stopped these artists from producing biblically insp...

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