Marble Painting 4
Tianzhuo Chen
陈天灼
Production date
2016
Object Detail
Media
marble
Measurements
180 x 135 cm
Notes
Marble Painting 3 and 4 continue Chen’s deliberate mash-ups of street art, circus, Japanese and American popular culture, Buddhist and Hindu iconography, carnival sideshow and queer visual culture to make new and glorious hybrids. The inlaid Marble Paintings present the girl and old man of Ishvara as postmodern totems. The forehead stamp combines the third eye and crescent moon associated with the god Shiva; the tears are borrowed from manga comics, where they signify deep emotion. Chen’s stated aim is to create contemporary religious experiences and create new religious iconography.
Accession number
2016.148