Anna Hepler Air-filled sculpture, ca. 2015

Zhanna Kadyrova PALIANYTSIA, 2022 Found river stone, 27 x 20 x 11 cm

From the book 上代の彫刻 (Jōdai no Chōkoku), an art book about ancient Japanese sculpture, originally published around 1942. Author: 上野直昭 (Naoaki Ueno) Photographer: 小川晴暘 (Seiyō Ogawa) Editor: 飛鳥園 (Asukaen) Publisher: 河出書房 (Kawade Shobō) 

Padmasambhava Legendary 8th century Indian Buddhist mystic who introduced Tantric Buddhism to Tibet and who is credited with establishing the first Buddhist monastery there.

The statue in the picture is said to have been made from life and blessed by him in 8th century Tibet. The original black-and-white photograph was taken by the Queen Mother of Sikkim Gyalyum Kunzang Dechen Tsomo Namgyal. It was later computer enhanced according to the advice of lamas who had seen the original, which was sadly destroyed during the Cultural Revolution which lasted from 1966 to 1976.

Wolfgang Laib Tower of Silence, 2019 beeswax 75 × 15 × 15 cm | 29.5 × 5.9 × 5.9 in

Figure of Avalokiteshvara China, about 1100–1300 Wood, traces of pigment

Wood sculpture of Avalokiteshvara Song dynasty (960-1279) height: figure 137.2 cm, overall 178 cm

Gilt-bronze figure of Avalokiteshvara 17th-18th century Figure 7 ½ in. (19 cm) high; base 2 3/8 in. (6 cm) high