Ryu Enchi

Works

Kyoto Temples (1992-1999)

Enchi undertook this portfolio of paintings, sketches and scrolls during frequent trips to his hometown of Kyoto in the 1990s. Each work was given the title of the temple where its imagery originated. These artworks, which may depict an ancient rock garden, a parking lot, or the wall of a temple gift shop, challenge viewer value assumptions and attempt to reconcile the Zen Buddhist notions of aesthetic experience within our modern world.