Buddhism in art

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, something that quickly comes to mind when viewing artwork is beauty, love, death, birth or sex. The works of Mariko Mori have this …

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

Installations / 3 minutes of reading

Nam June Paik’s TV Buddha 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 …

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Zhang Huan in suit made from raw meat (video)

Performances / 3 minutes of reading

Zhang Huan is one of China’s best known conceptual and performance artists. In his sculptures and paintings, he references the history of his home country. As such, his pieces contain components of political, religious and intellectual messages and anonymous portrait and landscape scenes. Most of his works are deeply influenced by …

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Zhang Huan’s Ash Buddha – 20 tons of incense ash to create them

Sculptures, Statues / 2 minutes of reading

Zhang Huan’s Ash Buddhas Zhang Huan, born in 1965, started his career as a painter and then moved to performance art and then resorted back to painting. He is also a sculptor and photographer, but his main focus is on being a performance artist. He has made extensive use of ash throughout his career and …

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Kamin Lertchaiprasert interview – Why I burned my drawings

Interviews / 6 minutes of reading

9 min 56 sec Transcript I’m miserable like everyone. My life is kind of confused and I am always working. I don’t know what to do; what is art? What is life? I try to use art to tulipi myself and just use the lip. At that time, I was in New York and I …

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