The Door of Innocence . 1986
Byars combined in his work a profound knowledge of Western art and philosophy with motifs, concepts and symbols from oriental traditions and civilisations, for instance elements of Noh theatre and Zen Buddhism. This resulted in a unique view of reality that was particularly mindful of physical and spiritual entities; thus, his artistic practice could be described as a mystical-aesthetic-existential reflection on ideas of perfection and cyclicity, as well as on forms of representation and the dematerialisation of the human figure.
Reina Sofía
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