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room of the sun
SUN / 2008 / ash, indian yellow, chalk,
pigment, tree resin, archival acetate, silver leaf, clay bole, animal glue, wood panel /
43 x 35.5 x 18 cm (17 x 14 x 7 in.)
SUN / 2008 / ash, indian yellow, pigment, tree resin, archival acetate, glass, plaster,
marble powder / dimension variable
buka-an tearoom, ippaku-tei teahouse, embassy of Japan, Washington, DC
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WINDOWS: sun, moon, star - Inspired by Sankou-tourou, the "three lights" lantern included
in the original teahouse design, I created a room of the sun and a room of the moon and
stars. In the room of the sun, located in the Buka-an tearoom, I created an installation inside an existing niche. I painted a ghost-like sun image on acetate working with tree resin, ash and Indian yellow. A page of acetate suspended over a gesso surface moves with the wind or a viewer's breath, creating an undulating image of the sun. Below, a shadow projects onto a field of marble dust. The whole formed by the actual paintings and their shadows evoke reunion of solar radiation absorbed by the upper atmosphere with the light that actually reaches us. In the room of the moon and stars, "OMPHALOS," a stoneware sculpture uses light and the smoke of burning incense to project a wavering image of the doubled full moon onto two suspended layers of cloth. At rear, three paintings create constellations that support the whole. Brought from |
