archatlas:A Sculpture that Fuses Western Gods and Heroes with Buddhist Iconography by Xu Zhen &nbs
archatlas: A Sculpture that Fuses Western Gods and Heroes with Buddhist Iconography by Xu Zhen European Thousand-Armed Classical Sculpture (2013–2014) by Xu Zhen fuses Western gods and heroes with Buddhist iconography. Nineteen statues in a variety of poses are lined up so that, viewed from the front, they resemble a “thousand-armed”Guanyin, a Buddhist symbol of compassion. The sculptures are radically simplified, all-white versions of 11 originals, including Athena Parthenos, Zeus, Hercules, Odysseus, the crucified Christ and the Statue of Liberty—chosen on the basis of their arm positions, copied in mirror image, and rescaled to the same 3-metre height. Images and text via -- source link