Her Sex Was Like a Giant Hothouse Flower
Object Label
The Brooklyn-based artist Megumi Nagai has developed a distinctive technique for painting on polished wood. She often draws forms from traditional Japanese art, and here she uses imagery from Buddhist depictions of Hell combined with the basic structure of a Buddhist mandala. The Japanese term rinne names the cycle of human life, death, and rebirth, known as samsara in Sanskrit. Buddhism teaches that in samsara or rinne, bodily pleasures, represented here by erotic imagery, are distractions that prevent people from escaping to a higher realm.
Caption
Judy Chicago American, born 1939. Her Sex Was Like a Giant Hothouse Flower, 2004. Etching and aquatint on paper, sheet: 9 x 7 in. (22.9 x 17.8 cm) image: 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (19.1 x 14.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the artist, 2012.70.1. © artist or artist's estate
Gallery
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Gallery
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Title
Her Sex Was Like a Giant Hothouse Flower
Date
2004
Medium
Etching and aquatint on paper
Classification
Dimensions
sheet: 9 x 7 in. (22.9 x 17.8 cm) image: 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (19.1 x 14.0 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the artist
Accession Number
2012.70.1
Rights
© artist or artist's estate
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