Making Merit, Making Art
| Author | : Sandra Cate |
| Publisher | : University of Hawaii Press |
| Total Pages | : 278 |
| Release | : 2003-01-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0824823575 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780824823573 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (573 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Making Merit, Making Art by : Sandra Cate
Download or read book Making Merit, Making Art written by Sandra Cate and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Their work, both celebrated and controversial, depicts stories from the Buddha's lives in otherworldly landscapes punctuated with sly references to this-worldly politics and popular culture. Schooled in international art trends, the artists reverse an Orientalist narrative of the Asian Other, telling their own stories to diverse audiences and subsuming Western spaces into a Buddhist worldview."--BOOK JACKET.