Chiou Jong Jiun

2003

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POST WINGS

The series "Roots of Prajna" shifts Buddhist art from sacred forms to the daily lives of sentient beings. Birds, beasts, insects, flowers, trees, and their habitats appear to be mundane and ordinary, yet through inscriptions, composition, and the rustic language of woodblock printing, they become a site for contemplating life. The "prajna" spoken of in the work is not an abstract wisdom removed from life, but rather rooted in the ways of existence of all things, the interdependent relationships among them, and the continuous labor of the creator in making these impressions.

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