Buddhism

Mariko Mori’s Dream temple – Based on a 1,400-year-old building

Sculptures / 2 minutes of reading

For any artist, the greatest challenge must be the search for images that do not feature in their unique personal situations but which humans can relate to. For the most part, that something that quickly comes to mind when viewing an artwork is beauty, love, death, birth or sex. The works of Mariko Mori have …

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Nam June Paik’s TV Buddhas – His best-known work

Installations / 3 minutes of reading

This renowned artwork by Paik depicts a sculpture of a Buddha from the 18th century posed with a symbolic hand gesture called mudra which is for tranquil meditation. A video camera is placed in front of the Buddha, recording the statue while playing this projected image on a white TV screen that looks futuristic. This …

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