Visual art studio
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Wasantha
Namaskara |
Wasantha Namaskara’s 84th visual art exhibition titled Sadaham
Sithivili will be held to coincide with the opening of Sri Sambuddhatva
Jayanthi visual art studio under the patronage of Senior Lecturer Ven
Olaganvatte Chandrasiri Thera at Sri Vidyananda Privena, Matale on May
17. The exhibition will be held till May 31 at the studio.
Art is not new to the Buddhist temple culture. Actually a Buddhist
shrine room resembles a small art studio. Unlike many other studios it
is revered by many devotees. A Buddha statue is a visual art that has
the ability to make one’s mind concentrated into one sphere.
Other paintings and sculptures too have this ability to increase the
inner-flowering. However new research in Buddhist visual art has become
rare. This situation has forcibly given up the discourse of conveying
deep teachings through Buddhist visual art. Namaskara’s intention is to
introduce the Buddha’s teachings through Buddhist visual art. He opines
that every temple should provide space for a visual art studio, which
should essentially be a part of the shrine room.
Namaskara’s works could be accessed on
www.wasanthanamaskara.blogspot.com.
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