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This outstanding delicately antique carving is Nanhai Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, seated on a rocky outcrop covered with a cloth, a reference to her home in a cave on the island of Putuo in the South China Sea. Other than the Buddha, she is the most revered deity in Mahayana Buddhism and one of…
Framed Acrylic on Archival Board
This radiant painting displays Lark Pilinsky’s fascination with spring, the season of rebirth and regeneration made by applying paint from the tube and scratching it across the canvas.
Small Framed Acrylic Painting on Wood Panel
This small spirited painting is from Lark Pilinsky’s California Shores series which celebrates the power and energy of nature in the convergence of sky, ocean, land and sun.
Collage of Acrylic with Mixed Media of Found Objects
This vibrant collage was inspired by a European concert Lark Pilinsky attended with her husband, where the violin player smashed his instrument on the stage, possibly imitating Pete Townsend, lead Guitarist for The Who. This work draws directly from her love of these elevated musical experiences.
This work conveys a dramatic sense of motion, using a Chinese brush and whirls of mineral paint to show the inner turbulence and unrest of both the universe and mankind.
Acrylic and Oil On Canvas
This dynamic painting is part of Lark Pilinsky’s Portal Series in which a portal represents an escape from the often grueling routine and challenges of everyday life into an uplifting spiritual realm. The passage is a solitary unexpected experience that “interrupts the rules of everyday life and keeps us guessing at what exciting event will be next.”
This striking painting is an homage to Soviet Armenian film director Sergei Parajanov, one of the great filmmakers of the 20th century. Here Anush’s spiritualized representation depicts his virtuous life, with angel wings ascending to the heavens in an aura bathed in glowing light.
This rare, vintage spirit mask is from Timor in Indonesia. Their animism is characterized by ritual exchanges between individuals or social groups with ancestral and fertility spirits having a close reciprocal link between the deceased and the secular world as ancestors require sustenance, respect and attention (i.e. offerings), while humans seek advice, good fortune, health…
Vintage elegant Nepali brass Buddha in vitarka (teaching ) mudra standing on pedestal with 2 Buddhist lions wearing “wet style” close fitting monk’s robes covering his idealized body under drapery. Removable full body aureole with foliate designs.
This lovely vintage 20th century Thai bronze statue is the White Clad Guanyin seated in meditation on a multi-tiered throne holding her vial of precious dew. Her open hood is centered by a mandorla surrounding an image of Buddha Amitabha, the Buddha of Infinite Light. This one of a kind piece is a vision of compassionate serenity with her half closed eyes and benevolent smile.
This charming Balinese mask is a traditional female Dayu, an ethnic Balinese high-caste Hindu Brahman Woman. This beautiful carving is too large to be a traditional dance mask , it is a beautiful decorative piece. Presented as a charming and beautiful woman from the top Hindu caste, she has delicate, detailed and sensitive features, that are superbly and subtlety carved. It is presented on a museum quality metal stand.
The culture, rituals, tribal and ethnic art of the Dayak (Dyak) of Kalimantan (Borneo), Indonesia is a mix of shamanism, animism and ancestor worship. Dyak festival masks worn on the face or large ones attached to a costume repel malicious spirits from entering communal spaces, insure village safety, protect babies in their carriers and defend…
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