JOHN CAGE – RYOANJI
2018-12-10Uniting John Cage’s influential practice as a composer and visual artist, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac London will present an installation devoted to his celebrated Ryoanji series from the early 1980s, inspired by the rock garden at Ryōan-ji (“Temple of the Peaceful Dragon”), a Zen Buddhist temple that Cage first visited in Kyoto, Japan in 1962. This installation of 11 Ryoanji drawings and 15 recordings of his Ryoanji compositions for various instruments focuses on how Cage expressed his ideas and the garden’s sensibility in both his audio and visual interpretations.
Opposite – Where R = Ryoanji (3R/17), 1992
Exhibition runs through to January 26th, 2019
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac
Ely House
37 Dover Street
W1S 4NJ London
