Contemplative Art: "Emptiness"

Monday, December 26, 2022

"Emptiness"

Biafarin Online Exhibition

12/15/2022 - 1/15/2023

Boketto 12, oil painting 24" x 24"

I am delighted to have my oil painting, Boketto 12, in the exhibition by Biafarin Online Exhibition. I am one of 176 international artists exhibiting one artwork in this online exhibition.

Link to "Boketto 12" Page

Exhibition Statement:

Emptiness has been a word with many meanings, aspects and feelings from different viewpoints, in various cultures. Cambridge vocabulary uses “not sincere”, “sad feeling”, and “a state with no emotion or purpose” for emptiness, while in Buddhism it is called “the true nature of things and events.”

Lao Tzu in Tao Te Ching artistically quotes: “We mold clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness inside that makes the vessel useful.”

While a western view of emptiness often seems to be negative, in some eastern philosophies, it represents a state of stillness and placidity to see through the illusion, which represents the “mirror of the universe” and the “pure mind”.

My painting, "Boketto 12", is included in the Biafarin Exhibition Catalogue for the online "Emptiness" Exhibition.....

Here's the link: https://issuu.com/biafarinart/docs/emptiness_-_2022_-_online_exhibition_catalogue_-_e?fr=sYWUwNDU2NTMzMjM

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1515 Main Street, Suite 201

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