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Japanese Kamakura period (1185 - 1333) AMIDA BUDDHA, 13th century Wood with lacquer and gilt Height 35 1/2 inches Gift of Mrs. Harrie G. Carnell, 1935.1 |
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The use of the hands is very important, so that to find that this large Buddha - it's painted
black and has a gilded face - it's like the body is dark, and a part of the world and the face
is seen because it's revealed by light. It's so simple, that the only distinction of the mass
are the linear folds. And when I saw this, I thought, how massive it is. In a sense that
how spiritual it is, and how rhythmic it is. Something I heard quite early was that to be a
basket, you must make a basket. Or to make a basket, you must at the same time
become a basket, so that as an artist the principal thing is to find out how these pieces are
made and to imagine that it's the work of making them that gives one the desired state,
meditative state, quiet state, peaceful state, sense of satisfaction.
Sam Gilliam
