XU ZHEN® Eternity - Buddha in Nirvana, the Dying Gaul, Farnese Hercules, Night, Day, Sartyr and Bacchante, Funerary Genius, Achilles, Persian Soldier Fighting, Dancing Faun, Crouching Aphrodite, Narcissus Lying, Othryades the Spartan Dying, the Fall of Icarus...

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Eternity - Buddha in Nirvana, the Dying Gaul, Farnese Hercules, Night, Day, Sartyr and Bacchante, Funerary Genius, Achilles, Persian Soldier Fighting, Dancing Faun, Crouching Aphrodite, Narcissus Lying, Othryades the Spartan Dying, the Fall of Icarus...

2016

Mineral based composite, mineral pigment, metal, wood

550(H)*1800*360cm

Edition of 3 + 1AP

MI_1358

Especially created for the NGV Triennial (and entering the Collection), Eternity-Buddha in Nirvana … 2016–17, is a monumental installation that combines replicas of famous Western and Buddhist classical sculptures. Zhen uses the colossal form of a reclining Buddha dating from the High Tang Dynasty (705–781) as the base upon which to perch replicas of various renowned Greco-Roman sculptures. The remarkable and imposing sculptural installation forms part of Zhen’s ongoing Eternity series which immortalises classical master-pieces and merges disparate cultural heritages to transcend history and difference.

Detail pictures:

NGV Installation View

A part of the work

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