"It not only grabs my attention and pulls me into this alternate reality, but it plays very much with issues that I find threatening."
Curator Kurt Behrendt on a painting of Mahakala, Protector of the Tent
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The terrifying deity that protects Buddhist monasteries
"It not only grabs my attention and pulls me into this alternate reality, but it plays very much with issues that I find threatening."
Kurt Behrendt
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Kurt Behrendt
Associate Curator, Department of Asian Art
Associate Curator, Department of Asian Art
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