![Wu Chi-Tsung 吳季璁, Drawing Study — MAO Bodhisattva Guanyin, Ming-Qing Dynasty [寫生習作—觀音菩薩自在坐], 2022. Single-channel video (no sound), 26-second loop. Commissioned by MAO for the exhibition ‘Buddha10: A Fragmented Display on Buddhist Visual Evolution’.](https://artlogic-res.cloudinary.com/w_2400,h_2400,c_limit,f_auto,fl_lossy,q_auto/ws-galeriedumonde/usr/images/news/main_image/509/wct.jpg)
Wu Chi-Tsung is included in group show Shadow and Void: Buddha¹⁰ presented by esea contemporary and MAO (Museum of Asian Art), Turin.
Dates: 18 January to 20 April 2025
Location：esea contemporary, 13 Thomas Street, Manchester, M4 1EU United Kingdom
The exhibition is curated by Xiaowen Zhu and Davide Quadrio, intertwining scientific studies, contemporary art, and spirituality by showcasing recently restored Buddhist sculptures from the seventh to the eighteenth centuries CE, on loan from MAO, alongside contemporary works by Shigeru Ishihara, Lee Mingwei, LuYang, Sun Xun, Sinta Tantra, Wu Chi-Tsung, and Zheng Bo, including three new commissions created specifically for 'Buddha¹⁰ '.
The 'Buddha¹⁰ ' project began in 2022 as an initiative by MAO to study, analyse, and critically reinterpret Buddhist artefacts from its collection, asking questions such as: Where do they come from? Why are they here? What are the reasons behind the presence of these pieces in an Italian museum? And ultimately, how did they get here?
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