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SUMMARY:Saturday University: The Temple Room and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to Saturday University\, a monthly lecture series featuring experts
  from around the world. Gain new insights on Asia throughout time as our vi
 siting scholars\, authors\, artists\, and thought leaders delve into new th
 emes each season.\nThe Temple Room and Beyond: Conservation\, Collaboration
  and Presentation of Japanese Buddhist Sculpture at the Museum of Fine Arts
 \, Boston\nAbigail Hykin\nThe Japanese Temple Room\, in which seven Buddhis
 t sculptures from the Heian period (9th to 12th centuries) are displayed\, 
 has long been one of the most beloved spaces at the Museum of Fine Arts\, B
 oston.  During recent renovations of the Museum's Asian galleries\, conserv
 ators studied and treated the sculptures in full view of the public as part
  of a multiple-year exhibition entitled Conservation in Action: Japanese Bu
 ddhist Sculpture in a New Light. \nThis visually compelling presentation wi
 ll give an overview of this major conservation project from its inception t
 hrough completion. Each of the sculptures provided new opportunities for di
 scovery and for sharing new information with visitors. Standard conservatio
 n imaging techniques such as UV visible fluorescence\, infrared reflectogra
 phy\, and x-radiography were highly useful\, providing new information abou
 t the sculptures’ original construction and the changes they had undergone 
 over many centuries. The use of more advanced techniques\, such as CT scann
 ing\, and the use of 3D imaging and color reconstructions will also be expl
 ored. The project led to many valuable partnerships with scientists and uni
 versities in the US and Japan\, wood anatomists\, and local surgeons who as
 sisted with endoscopic examinations.  \nThis is an opportunity to explore n
 ew ways of looking at sculpture and to discuss various philosophies for con
 servation treatment. \nAbigail Hykin is the Robert P. and Carol T. Henderso
 n Head of Objects Conservation at the Museum of Fine Arts\, Boston. Her tre
 atments\, technical research\, and publications have focused on Asian and E
 uropean sculpture\, the history of conservation\, and conservation outreach
 . Abby holds an MA and CAS in Art Conservation from the State University Co
 llege at Buffalo. She completed internships or fellowships at the Asian Art
  Museum\, Harvard University Art Museum’s Straus Center for Conservation\, 
 and the MFA Boston. She was assistant conservator of European Decorative Ar
 ts and Sculpture at the J. Paul Getty Museum before returning to the MFA in
  2000 as the lead objects conservator for the Nagoya/Boston Museum of Fine 
 Arts (the MFA’s sister museum in Japan) preparing a wide range of exhibitio
 ns from across the MFA’s collection to be shown in Japan.
LOCATION:Seattle Asian Art Museum\, 1400 E Prospect St\, Seattle\, WA 98112
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