Ensō
(Ensō 円相)
2014
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Baillieu Myer AC and Sarah Myer through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program, 2017
© Shouchiku Tanabe
- Gallery location
- Not on display
About this work
Tanabe Shōchiku was a graduate from the Sculpture Department of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, and is a fifth-generation bamboo artist of the Tanabe family, founded by Tanabe Shinjō (1821–94). This beautifully balanced contemporary work references the traditional Zen symbol of a circle, which represents enlightenment, strength, elegance and the universe. In meditative terms the ensō represents an experience of the ‘absolute void’ and a moment when the mind is free to let the body and spirit spontaneously create without boundaries.
Artwork Details
Gift of Baillieu Myer AC and Sarah Myer through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program, 2017
© Shouchiku Tanabe