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ABOUT THE WORK

Take time to listen deeply to this painting. Bestow it “that purest and rarest form of generosity”— attention. Be drawn into a silence that speaks of compassion and joy. Lao Lianben continues to will only one thing—to render what is “invisible to the eyes.” Like the empty bowl of a Buddhist monk, his painting here, in its bare simplicity, offers an inexhaustible feast for thought.