Sydney Buddha by Zhang Huan

Zhang Huan: Sydney Buddha is comprised of two large-scale sculptures of Buddha, each over five-metres tall, and positioned facing each other in the Carriageworks public space. One Buddha is created from aluminium and acts as a mould to form the second Buddha, which is created from 20 tonnes of ash collected from Buddhist temples in Shanghai, Jiangsu Province and the Zhejiang Province of China. The ephemeral ash Buddha will gradually disintegrate over the course of the exhibition, affected by exposure to the environment.