The Great Equalizer

Artist Gonkar Gyatso (Tibetan, born 1961)

Date2023

MediumFiberglass with nano coating

DimensionsOverall: 35 × 25 1/2 × 17 inches (88.9 × 64.77 × 43.18 cm)

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

Object number2025.29.29

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DescriptionThe Great Equalizer is a printed, fiberglass sculpture of a sitting, meditating Buddha. The Buddha’s face is covered by a white facemask, and he is holding a medicine vessel. The sculpture is colored with a gradient that starts at the head with gold, before transitioning to silver, and then purple at the bottom. The coating on top of the sculpture gives it a glossy, metallic sheen.

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