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"The invisible thread": Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Snug Harbor Cultural Center.(New York)
From:
Artforum International
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February 1, 2004| Author:
Panicelli, Ida
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What makes a work of art "Buddhist"? This question is like a koan, a riddle that can only be experienced, not expressed in words. In this show about the Buddhist spirit in contemporary American art, Bill Viola's video The Reflecting Pool, 1977-79 perfectly summarizes some of the fundamental steps of Buddhist experience: self-inquiry, the negation of the individual ego, the interrelatedness of all human beings and nature. A man comes from a wood to a pool, looks into it, and jumps; ...
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