July 12 - August 22, 2007

School of Visual Arts (SVA), in collaboration with the Rubin Museum of Art (RMA), is pleased to present The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama. The SVA exhibition compliments and expands upon the selection of art currently on view at RMA. A popular, beloved figure, the Dalai Lama has evolved to represent a range of different meanings. The exhibition reflects artists’ interpretations of the Dalai Lama and explores his multiple roles and iconic status, and how his work and identity resonate with people everywhere.

Over 80 contemporary artists from thirty countries have contributed works of art in a broad array of media, expressing their personal interpretations of and reflections on the Dalai Lama’s philosophies and ideals. School of Visual Arts will display approximately 25 works of art by such well-known artists as Richard Avedon, Anish Kapoor and Sebastiao Salgado as well as contemporary artists Sanford Biggers, SVA alumnus Long-Bin Chen and Katarina Wong. The balance of the works will remain on view at the Rubin Museum of Art’s exhibition, which opened on March 16 and runs through September 3.

The complete list of artists whose work will be on view at SVA is: Seyed Alavi, Richard Avedon, Tayseer Barakat, Sanford Biggers, Long-Bin Chen, Era and Donald Farnsworth, Peig Fairbrook and Adele Fox, Louis Fox and Free Range Graphics, Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison, Jesal Kapadia, Anish Kapoor, Nefeli Massia, Yumyo Miyasaka, Gabriela Morawetz, Susan Plum, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Sebastiao Salgado, Salustiano, Andra Samelson, William Wiley and Katarina Wong.

The exhibition is organized by the Committee of 100 for Tibet and The Dalai Lama Foundation, and is curated by independent curator Randy Rosenberg.

The Rubin Museum of Art is located at 150 West 17th Street, New York City.
For more information visit www.rmanyc.org.

The Visual Arts Gallery is SVA's newest exhibition facility. Located in Chelsea on the 15th floor of the landmark Starrett-Lehigh Building, it comprises four state of the art galleries and a large terrace with a commanding view of Lower Manhattan and the Hudson River. Staffed by six full-time professionals, Visual Arts Gallery offers select students the opportunity to exhibit and sell their work in the same environment as some of the country's leading artists - a number of whom have exhibited there as well.

The Visual Arts Gallery is open Monday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and is closed Sunday and federal holidays. The gallery is accessible by wheelchair. For more information, or to purchase student's work (the gallery takes no commission), please call 212.592.2145 or email proffice@sva.edu.