Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Ephemeral Art : Sand Mandala





http://www.artbabble.org/video/creation-sand-mandala

Lama Karma Tenzin created a sand mandala in the theater gallery of the Rubin Museum of Art in NYC. The mandala took over two weeks to create out of millions of grains of crushed marble and under two minutes to destroy. Lama Karma visited the Rubin Museum of Art in conjunction with The Dragon's Gift - The Sacred Arts of Bhutan exhibition.

This video struck me because it reminded me of topics discussed early in the year. I think Lexie did a sand mandala. This is a great video because the mandala is well executed, but also the removal is just as artfully done and respectful as the addition process.   

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