PASSION FOR PERFECTION
DE NIEUWE KERK | AMSTERDAM, THE LIFE OF THE BUDDHA | BUDDHA’S GARDEN
DE NIEUWE KERK | AMSTERDAM,
THE LIFE OF THE BUDDHA | BUDDHA’S GARDEN
HH the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet discussing his personal loan to the exhibiton of a unique Thangka with Siebe Tettero .
Photo credit, Jeppe Schilder 2018
HH the 14th Dalai
Lama of Tibet discussing his personal loan to the exhibiton of a unique Thangka with Siebe Tettero
Photo credit,
Jeppe Schilder
2018
THE EXHIBITION THE LIFE OF THE BUDDHA | THE BUDDHA’S GARDEN WAS PRESENTED AT THE NIEUWE KERK IN AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS FROM SEPTEMBER 2018 THROUGH JANUARY 2019
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Center Ai Weiwei Tree, gathered discarded wood parts 2015 left Kohei Nawa, deer 2018 photo credit Fan Liau
Yoko Ono wishing tree 1981-ongoing; photo credit Fan Liau
Yoko Ono wishing tree 1981-ongoing; photo credit
Fan Liau
Center Ai Weiwei Tree, gathered discarded wood parts 2015 left Kohei Nawa, deer 2018 photo credit
Fan Liau
Video credit De Nieuwe Kerk 2018
Video credit
De Nieuwe Kerk 2018
THE EXHIBITION OFFERED THE CHRONICLE OF THE LIFE OF THE BUDDHA IN 5 PARTS: BIRTH, INSIGHT, ENLIGHTENMENT, DISCOURSE AND DEATH, TAKING THE TREE AS LEITMOTIV.
EACH STEP ON HIS PERSONAL PATH IS UNDERPINNED BY A SELECTION OF WORKS BY INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS, INCLUDING AI WEIWEI, YOKO ONO, CAROLEE SCHNEEMANN, SALVADOR BREED, KOHEI NAWA, REI NATO, ALICIA FRAMES AND OTHERS, COMBINED WITH HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS FROM THE RIJKSMUSEUM’S HOLDINGS OF THE ROYAL ASIAN ART SOCIETY IN THE NETHERLANDS AS WELL AS PRIVATE LOANS FROM, AMONGST OTHERS, HIS HOLINESS THE 14TH DALAI LAMA.
A SOUND-WORK BY DUTCH ARTIST SALVADOR BREED, BASED ON FREQUENCIES CREATED BY BUDDHIST SINGING BOWLS, AS WELL AS A MEDIATION FIELD WERE PART OF THE INSTALLATION.
INITIATOR MARLIES KLEITERP | STICHTING PRODUCTIES DE NIEUWE KERK EN HERMITAGE AMSTERDAM
CURATOR SIEBE TETTERO | BIRGIT BOELENS (DNK);
EXHIBITION DESIGN SIEBE TETTERO;
EXHIBITION DESIGN ASSISTANT SAM VAN DER LINDEN
GRAPHIC DESIGN VANESSA VAN DAM
EXECUTION IRIS VORMGEVING
Visitors mediation field, Right side Allan Kaprow Drawing based upon the breath, 1978 photo credit De Nieuwe Kerk, 2018
Visitors mediation field,
Right side Allan Kaprow Drawing based upon the breath, 1978
photo credit
De Nieuwe Kerk, 2018
Tatsuo Miyajima (title to follow) photo credit De Nieuwe Kerk 2018
Tatsuo Miyajima
(title to follow)
photo credit
De Nieuwe Kerk 2018
