Drawn from the Houston-based collection of Steve and Jenny Spancake, "Unseen Worlds: Southeast Asian Textiles from the Spancake Collection" features approximately 150 Southeast Asian textiles, objects, jewelry and ephemera.
Representing cultures across Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, the works reflect the remarkable cultural diversity of the region. At the heart of the exhibition are textiles that reveal complex relationships among humans, plants, animals, spirits and other entities across space and time.
The naga, or divine sea serpent, serves as a visual and thematic thread throughout the exhibition, interweaving themes of Buddhism, shamanism, the celestial realm and animism while exploring transformation in the afterlife.
The exhibition will remain on display through June 20, 2027.
