1000 Prayers, 2010-2011
Individually Cast Bronze
Dimensions Variable
HG11076
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1000 Prayers, was produced over a ten-month period between 2010 and 2011, and includes 1000 bronze pinecones hand-cast by the artist and installed on the wall. The title alludes to the poignant timing of this piece’s production, when Japan was struck by a series of catastrophic earthquakes and tsunamis. Saito explains, “the whole process became a form of prayer in my studio. The more I thought about what I was doing, the more it started to resemble the Japanese cultural habit of folding 1000 origami paper cranes as a means of recovering from deep wounds, healing broken hearts and inspiring hope for the future.”
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