“fumie-butterfly mandala”
Ken Yonetani
27 May → 11 June 2005

In November 2003, 2200 tiles featuring Australian endangered butterflies were broken as part of my exhibition, Fumie-Tiles, held at CSIRO Discovery Canberra. The fumie-butterfly mandala is composed of broken pieces from these tiles. The butterfly pictures featured in the mandala form the ghosts of the destroyed tiles, sacrificed by human’s impact on nature, and a gateway to the spiritual world.

Photograph by Lucy Macnaught.

This Project was supported by the National Association for the Visual Arts with financial assistance from the NSW Government Ministry for the Arts. www.homepage.mac.com/yonekensworld/