Breathe in and out to the rise and fall of the light radiating from this sculpture by artist Palden Weinreb. Imagine others are also breathing at the same pace. When we act as one, there is no longer room for envy.
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This sculpture was originally part of the Rubin Museum’s Mandala Lab, a participatory experience where emotions turn to wisdom.
Palden Weinreb (b. 1982, New York, NY; lives and works in New York, NY); Untitled (Coalescence); 2021; PU resin, LED lights, microprocessor; Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art; C2021.1.1; video shot and edited by Jess Y Lee
Palden Weinreb is a multimedia artist who lives in New York. His work often borrows from Tibetan Buddhism, New Age theory, utopian modernism, and science, in tune with his search for elusive transcendental phenomena surrounding modern life.
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