fumie-butterfly mandala

Photo by Darren Hopton, Lucy Macnaught and Ken Yonetani

Details of these installtions: Work (Top)Dimension: 4.5m diameter /Medium: Ceramics (broken pieces of fumie-tiles, Work (bottom) Dimension: 7m diameter/Medium: as above

The fumie-butterfly mandala is composed of broken pieces from fumie-tiles. The butterfly pictures featured in the mandala form the ghosts of the destroyed tiles, sacrificed by human’s impact on nature, and a gateway to the spiritual world.

The images are from my previous exhibition at the Gallery 4a, Asia-Australia Contemporary Art Centre, Sydney, Australia in 2004 for "Asian Traffic" is the official parallel event of 2004 Sydney Biennale and ANU school of Art Gallery, Canberra, Australia 2005.