{"id":17664,"date":"2017-05-23T13:11:01","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T13:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artzealous.com\/?p=17664"},"modified":"2017-05-23T13:11:01","modified_gmt":"2017-05-23T13:11:01","slug":"from-your-om-to-the-world-is-sound-an-interview-with-risha-lee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/from-your-om-to-the-world-is-sound-an-interview-with-risha-lee\/","title":{"rendered":"The World Is Sound: An Interview With Rubin Museum’s Risha Lee"},"content":{"rendered":"
As a Curator at the\u00a0Rubin Museum<\/a>, Risha Lee is always thinking about cross-cultural connections and the interplay of historical content with the contemporary world. Lee was the assistant curator of South and Southeast Asian art at the\u00a0Minneapolis Institute of Arts<\/a>\u00a0before she joined Rubin Museum. She is known for her research on arts, culture, and politics of the South Asia region.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n We talked to Risha about her journey in the art world and exciting exhibitions and events at Rubin Museum. The interactive \u201cOM Lab<\/a>\u201d encourages people to participate in the new exhibition, \u201cThe World Is Sound” by contributing their OM to what will become a collective chant. \u201cThe World Is Sound\u201d will open on June 16th.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n AZ: How did you start off in the art world?<\/strong><\/p>\n RL:<\/strong>\u00a0Growing up in the Bay Area, I was always asking my parents if I could go to the de Young (now called the Asian Art Museum<\/a>). I was really interested in Asian art from a young age. In college, I worked as a researcher\/writer for a travel guide and I went to India. I \u00a0have been exploring the world ever since. I\u2019ve really enjoyed living in different places, meeting new people, and learning new languages. In my doctoral program, I ended up focusing on the connections between India and China in the medieval period. I researched hundreds of stone temples built by merchants from Tamil Nadu, southeast India, including one that was surprisingly built in Quanzhou, a city in southeastern China! Quanzhou was once the maritime capital of the world.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n