Artist John Duckworth, who stages the occasional performance art piece in addition to being a well-known painter, created a multi-room, immersive art experience featuring paintings, sound, video, and public meditation by the artist, that is. During the opening reception, guests waited in line to be let into the exhibit, which opened with a 12-minute video that was projected onto and around Duckworth as he meditated. The idea was to bring the viewers into the present awakening them so that they would be able to be more receptive to the work that followed. After the video, guests kept their wireless headsets on and followed a path through small galleries, created especially for Awake, filled with paintings of the Buddha, abstract technicolor landscapes, vinyl-mounted photographs, and various works on paper while listening to music written as a soundtrack to the experience. There were 90 pieces total, making it one of the City Gallerys largest exhibits ever. Taken together, those 90 works of art gave us a glimpse into Duckworths personal mindfulness practice, which is a major part of his life and work.

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Best Buddhism-Visual Arts Mashup