Buddha's Tears
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Description
Buddha’s Tears exposes the hidden story of organ harvesting in China from prisoners of conscience, such as Falun Gong practitioners. Statistical information is juxtaposed with poetic rendering of a legend of a statue of Buddha, who weeps in times of crisis. Each page is filled with dates, graphs, maps, drawings and stories, concluding with a sutured image of China, a symbol of healing. The accordion pages unravel to form a long scroll, a traditional form of Chinese storytelling, to lay out the facts of China’s cruelty.
Publisher
Women's Studio Workshop
Subject
China, politics, organ harvesting, persecution, prisoners of conscience, Falun Gong
Extent
20.75 x 46.5 cm. 13 pages.
Style
Throw out accordion structure.
Material
Somerset Book 175 g.
Technique
Silkscreen, letterpress, digital.
Date
2015
Recommended Citation
Chir, Wei Jane, "Buddha's Tears" (2015). Rollins College Book Arts Collection. 113.
https://scholarship.rollins.edu/book_arts/113
Other Information
Edition 31 of 50. Signed by the artist. ISBN 978-1-893125-99-5. For more information, visit https://wsworkshop.org/2015/11/wei-jane-chir/.