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Exhibit 01 · Sculpture

Shiva Nataraja

The Cosmic Dance

The bronze’s ring of flames and flying locks suggest motion from every side. Shiva’s face remains composed.

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Origin: Tamil Nadu, India · Chola period
Date: Circa 950–1000 CE
Material: Copper alloy
Collection: LACMA · M.75.1

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Original and AI-Assisted Edit

AI tightened the crop and reframed the photograph for a more head-on view. The process changed some fine details of the bronze. Use the original photograph to inspect the sculpture.

Bronze Shiva dancing within a ring of flames, with the full pedestal and wooden tabletop in view. — Original PhotographLACMA · 22 October 2026 · AkashicNET

AI-assisted version showing a closer and more head-on view with less tabletop and re-rendered bronze details. — AI-Assisted EditDerived from the original photograph

Shaiva Tradition

Creation, Dissolution and Liberation

The drum marks creation and the flame marks dissolution. Shiva’s open palm offers reassurance. The figure underfoot embodies ignorance and the raised foot offers refuge. LACMA records that the opening in the pedestal allowed the sculpture to be carried in religious processions.

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Modern Analogy

A Second Nataraja at CERN

India gifted CERN its own two-metre Nataraja in 2004 to mark their scientific collaboration. Its plaque draws on Fritjof Capra’s The Tao of Physics, which uses the dance as a metaphor for particles coming into being and decaying.

CERN’s Unveiling Record Capra’s Account of the Plaque

Exhibit 02 · Painting

Burn, Baby, Burn (L’escalade)

Roberto Matta

Across nearly ten metres of canvas, Matta draws a connection between the 1965 Watts Rebellion and the violence of the Vietnam War. The title came from radio DJ Magnificent Montague’s catchphrase, which became a rallying cry during the uprising.

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Date: 1965–66
Material: Oil on canvas
Size: 298 × 981 cm
Collection: LACMA · M.2009.42

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Original and AI-Assisted Edit

AI reframed the photograph for a more head-on view, extended the visible wall and floor and re-rendered some fine details. Use the original photograph to inspect the painting.

Panoramic gallery photograph of Matta’s painting, with black mechanical forms on red at left, smoke-like white loops through the centre and bright green at right. — Original PhotographLACMA · 22 October 2026 · AkashicNET

AI-edited head-on view of the complete Matta painting, framed by a wider band of white gallery wall and wood floor. — AI-Assisted EditDerived from the original photograph