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Buddha

Series TitleDaily doodles, 2001-2023

Artist Gonkar Gyatso (Tibetan, born 1961)

DateOctober 24, 2022

MediumPencil, ink, stickers, and paper cut-out on fine art paper

DimensionsFramed: 13 1/2 × 13 1/2 × 2 inches (34.29 × 34.29 × 5.08 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust through the generosity of the Foyer Foundation and the George H. and Elizabeth O. Davis Fund

Object number2025.29.22

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DescriptionIn this piece, a Buddha sits in the center of a circular composition, looking down with his eyes closed. He wears a face mask. His hair is a dark purple, which transitions into a red that drips down to his shoulders before his torso fades from orange to yellow. In his folded hands, instead of a medicine vessel, sits a sticker of a poop emoji with a small black aura around it.

The background is mottled with areas of color that fade and mix with black charcoal. To the left is the American Air Quality Index, which reads, “137”. The green bubble at the bottom, which is the Chinese Air Quality Index, reads, “74 Good”. Several stickers decorate the perimeter of the drawing, and there are several text boxes in Chinese.
The red, vertical text to the right reads, “Humanity only differs in skin color and language, civilizations only differs in various form of colors. Nothing can be compared and defined as high or low, neither superior nor inferior.”
The red text underneath the textbox on the right reads, “Get Away”.
The white bubble of red text on the lower left reads, “Health Code Checked 22/10/2023”

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