Experiments with Truth: Gandhi and Images of Nonviolence (Menil Collection)

Introduces And Explores The Resonance Of Mohandas Gandhi's (1869-1948) Ethics Of Nonviolence In The Visual Arts. Taking The Form Of A Reader, The Texts Range Across Influences On Gandhian Philosophy And Outgrowths From It. The Accompanying Images Include Gandhi's Own Iconography, Photojournalism Of Related Social Movements And Nonviolent Struggles, Artworks Speaking To Violence Or Issuing From An Inner Space Of Peace, And Portraits Of The Mahatma's Forebears And Followers. Experiments With Truth Counterpoints Art And Ideas: Religious Art Of The Past, Paintings And Sculpture From The Mid-20th Century On, Contemporary Installations, Newly Written Historical Summaries And Thematic Explorations, Reprints Of Texts By Famous Peacemakers, And Passages In Religious Texts That Inspired Gandhi. Introduction / Joseph Helfenstein -- Gandhi: Salt And The March To Freedom / Vinay Lal -- Four Alternatives To Civilization: Gandhi's Ashrams, Their Principles And Sources / Eric M. Wolf -- Henri Cartier-bresson And Gandhi's Last Days / Toby Kamps -- Peace And Justice Advocates / Joseph N. Newland -- Sacred Texts: Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram / Vinay Lal -- Gandhi's Anthem For Moral Inspiration: Vaishnavajana To / Neelima Shukla-bhatt -- Gandhi Amd Kabir / Linda Hess -- Houston: Styles Of Change: John De Menil And Civil Rights In Houston / Mimi Crossley Detering -- Memo About The Black Panthers And De Luxe Theater / John De Menil -- Martin Of Tours And The Word Chapel / André Scrima -- Can The Sacred Withstand The Violence Of The Truth? / Emilee Dawn Whitehurst -- Coda: On The Art Of Dying: Death And The Specter Of Gandhi / Vinay Lal. Editors, Josef Helfenstein, Joseph N. Newland. Published In Conjunction With The Exhibition Experiments With Truth: Gandhi And Images Of Nonviolence, Organized By The Menil Collection, Houston; Curated By Josef Helfenstein. The Menil Collection, October 2, 2014-february 1, 2015; International Red Cross And Red Crescent Museum, Geneva, April 14, 2015-january 3, 2016. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.