Compassion
1998
120×80×60 cm
Stone, Black Shale
the left side of the Art Center, Kuang-Fu Campus.
In Chinese compassion is a Buddhist term by combining mercy and sorrow. “Mercy” means kind and loving, and “sorrow” has meanings of compassion, grief, and sorrow. The work reflects the integration of human beings, Buddhist doctrine, and the life of nature. The creator uses irregular rocks to carve expanded hands similar to showing respect to Buddha as well as overlapping feet with the meaning of compassion.
Artist
謝茵 Hsieh, Yin 1957~
Born in Tainan, Taiwan, Hsieh, Yin graduated from the Department of Chinese Literature, Soochow University in 1979, and entered the Department of Sculpture, National Academy of Design in New York, U.S.A. in 1983 for further studies. Later, she traveled and resided in Ne...More
