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Painting, Textile on Wood
Size: 48 W x 48 H x 2 D in
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Suyata, a Buddhist concept, means "all things are empty of intrinsic existence and nature". This piece, like all of the others in the Samu series, is simply a meditation and the cut lines reflect the mind while the piece is being made. To create the piece: First there is a 30-40 minute sitting meditation period called zazen (term for meditation practiced by followers of Zen Buddhism). After zazen, the canvas is approached with the same mind, and cutting commences. The piece is made in one sitting from the meditation to the completion of the cuts. This piece took 67 minutes with 30 minutes of zazen and 37 minutes of cutting. The piece is complete. The cuts that fall naturally to the surface reflect the empty space above that remains after the cut. This creates a ying/yang energy with each cut bearing its own identity, yet seen with the other cuts creates a whole unified experience that continues to inform. Self/No Self. Form/Emptiness. When seen as a whole the completed work reflects the saying from The Heart Sutra: "Form is emptiness, emptiness is form." The material used to make the piece is upcycled cotton canvas sustainably sourced from Guatemala City, Guatemala. All of my work is meditation and practice in mindfulness.
Painting:Textile on Wood
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:48 W x 48 H x 2 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
Packaging:Ships in a Crate
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Kurtis Brand is a multi-disciplinary artist. He uses art and music as mediums, and his work is a meditation practice. Brand expresses in art what he realizes through meditation. "I feel that this world we occupy is on the brink of extreme change and it is our job as citizens of this planet to make a positive stand environmentally, emotionally, and intellectually and contemplative practice is essential to help our culture evolve into the potential of kindness, love, compassion, and empathy." This part of his work attempts to express the connection we have as people and the oneness of all sentient beings. For the last decade, he has lived in New York, Guatemala, San Francisco, and Connecticut amongst and passionately absorbed in a culture of vast extremes which lends a poetic, immediate and visceral quality to his work. The quotidian material culture he interacts with becomes the inspiration for his work. Materials like volcanic ash from the active and violent volcano, corn masa, the dough that is used to make tortillas that provides sustenance to an extremely impoverished nation, natural plant dyes, upcycled reused denim fabrics, sustainably farmed wood for my frames, natural twine made from the maguey cactus, concrete and rebar are all material aspects that interest him.
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