Birmingham Museum of Art – Asian, Native American, African Art, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

The Birmingham Museum of Art offers the largest comprehensive art collection in the Southeast.

Birmingham Museum of Art: 2000 Reverend Abraham Woods Jr Boulevard, Birmingham, Alabama

This three-story museum houses an eclectic selection of art, including Wedgewood pottery, the largest collection of Asian art in the Southeast, Native American and African art, impressionism, contemporary art, and American landscapes.

This post is for the collection of Asian, Native American, and African art.

Birmingham Museum of Art’s “Expanding Darshan: Manjari Sharma, to See and Be Seen” revolves around nine large (about 6-by-5-foot framed) color photographs, each portraying a Hindu deity—from the paunchy, elephant-headed Ganesha and the loyal warrior-monkey Hanuman to the stately, blue-skinned Vishnu, the wealth-bestowing Lakshmi, and the fearsome Kali adorned with the heads and hands of her enemies.