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Original fileHerbstmandala-auf-Steintisch
The composition is a top-down view of a circular mandala created from organic materials on a weathered stone table. The outermost ring is composed of bright yellow, ovate leaves overlapping in a continuous border. Moving inward, the rings consist of pale pink petals, dark purple berries, yellow-green foliage, and finally a small, singular pink flower at the very center. The table is situated outdoors on a stone-paved surface, with a curved green wooden park bench visible behind it.
This work reflects the practice of ephemeral land art and the perennial human impulse to create ordered, symbolic geometries using natural materials, echoing the meditative mandala traditions found in both Buddhist and Hindu contemplative practices.
Mandala traditions (Buddhist/Hindu)
The work utilizes the form of the mandala, a ritual symbol representing the universe and the process of dissolution and renewal.
Object
land art
leaves
21st century
German
still-life
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