Kannon-ni (from the series Tape-estries)
Artist
Patrick Nagatani
(American, 1945 - 2017)
Date2009
Mediumchromogenic print, masking tape, archival enhancing medium
DimensionsImage: 47 1/2 × 29 1/8 in. (120.7 × 74 cm)
Frame: 46 × 27 1/2 × 2 in. (116.8 × 69.9 × 5.1 cm)
Frame: 46 × 27 1/2 × 2 in. (116.8 × 69.9 × 5.1 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineMuseum purchase, 2015
Object number2015.12
DescriptionMale figure dominates composition at center, wearing a jeweled crown that includes multiple heads. Figure is standing on clouds and has right hand open at side with left arm bent at elbow and left hand holding an object. Figure is covered from waist to ankles in drapery with additional draping of torso. Figure wears a jeweled necklace with blue and red stones, bracelets with blue stones, and other jeweled pieces at waist and hanging from lower garment.eMuseum Notes
Nagatani
has been working on his Tape-esty series since 1983. The process begins with a
color photograph to which he selectively applies masking tape, often covering
the whole surface in the translucent material. This translucency is appropriate
to his subject, the Buddhist bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (known as Kannon in
Japanese Buddhism), who is associated with compassion and salvation.
On View
Not on view
