Nyoirin Kannon
Artist
Patrick Nagatani
(American, 1945 - 2017)
Date2008
Mediumchromogenic print, masking tape and archival enhancing medium
DimensionsImage: 48 1/8 × 30 in. (122.2 × 76.2 cm)
Frame: 49 1/16 × 31 1/16 × 2 in. (124.6 × 78.9 × 5.1 cm)
Frame: 49 1/16 × 31 1/16 × 2 in. (124.6 × 78.9 × 5.1 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift Patrick Nagatani, 2016
Object number2016.4.2
DescriptionHuman figure dominates composition at center, seated on a multi-layered lotus flower. Background is a deep blue with Japanese characters in vertical columns. Figure is wearing a jeweled crown, necklace, and bracelets. Figure has six arms: on is touching cheek, one a wheel, one a lotus, one a rosary, one some jewelry. One hand is palm downward touching the lotus. Figure is covered from waist to ankles in drapery with additional draping across torso.eMuseum Notes
Nagatani
has been working on his Tape-estry 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.
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