F&ED This Week

“Buddha” (“Awakened One” or “Enlightened One”), the impressive 18-foot-high metal sculpture by contemporary Chinese artist Liu Yonggang, has moved out of downtown Dallas and into the construction site of the Edith and Peter O’Donnell Jr. Athenaeum on the campus of The University of Texas at Dallas. The piece’s simple high-gloss red columns rise up then branch and curve into each other to form shapes which evoke both traditional Chinese calligraphy and human forms. An artwork which rewards repeated viewing from multiple angles, it will be one of the first things that visitors notice as they approach this facility when the Athenaeum opens in the fall. See you then.

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