Max Gimblett and Lewis Hyde
at The Japan Society, New York
until January 16, 2011
Max Gimblett, Searching for the Ox, 2008
sumi ink and mineral spirits on HMP Woodstock, handmade paper, 23″ x 31″
The product of a collaborative meditation by two internationally known artistic visionaries, Max Gimblett and Lewis Hyde, oxherding is based on the Song-Dynasty Chinese “Oxherding Series,” a Zen Buddhist parable of self-discovery comprised of pictures and verse. A contemporary American set of perspectives on this greatly venerated Buddhist text, the exhibition includes six collaborative artist books, a series of 10 sumi ink paintings by Max Gimblett, and 10 poems in Chinese and three English versions translated by Lewis Hyde.
Source: Japan Society website
Visit the oxherding Image Gallery to view the 10 works in the series
… and an interesting blog post at
http://zendirtzendust.com/
the awakened eye 