Japanese Contemporary Art By Kojun - Shiko 678

Category:
Art
Subcategory:
Sculpture
Art style:
Conceptual

Details

Units (cm/inches):cm
Height:19.5
Width:9.5

Description

Lego, plastic model, gold leaf, noodle, resin, paper, wood
Central piece: W95 × D95 × H195 mm
Side pieces: W80 × D85 × H77 mm

This collaborative work, which began with a common interest in Buddhism, explored the idea of expressing the sacred within everyday life.

As artist and Zen monk Hasegawa says, “Buddhism teaches something that cannot be expressed in words. What could the strange idols born through the communication of making things convey?”