Doug Frohman
Into The Bardo, 2022
Oil Paint, Oil-stick, X-ray Film on Canvas (framed)
18" x 16"
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“Into the Bardo” is one of the latest pieces in a new series using x-ray film as a semi-transparent membrane, partially revealing and partially concealing what is behind it. The...
“Into the Bardo” is one of the latest pieces in a new series using x-ray film as a semi-transparent membrane, partially revealing and partially concealing what is behind it. The “Bardo" is a term from Tibetan Buddhism representing the middle zone people reach after death, between this world and the next. This is shown in the middle panel. Above them, a mysterious figure appears at a small white window. He is overlooking the people below. The scene is meant to be suggestive but not definitive.