Sentences with phrase «burning joss»
A smouldering Buddha sculpture whose burning joss sticks will fill the air with ash will be one of the highlights at the first British solo show by the Chinese artist Zhang Huan at London's Haunch of Venison gallery next month.
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While that older series was printed on C - print semi-gloss paper, the STPI reboot involves cyanotypes, sculpture and screenprints in weavings of matt paper, into which warp and weft are injected with glints of silvery foil — a nod to traditional silver joss paper burned as offerings to ancestors.
On the surface, the burning of joss paper is said to be a way to provide for the needs of those in the afterlife.