The artist Miya Ando’s solo exhibition at Asia Society Texas encompasses numerous sections of the Yoshio Taniguchi-designed building.
“Form is Emptiness, Emptiness is Form” is comprised of several wooden and metal works that Ando has manipulated in such a way that asks visitors to consider time and the pervasiveness of change.
She then applies a chemical process to them, rendering the wood so it charts the fluctuation of elemets in response to gravity.
The installation titled “Ryōanji” reinterprets the Zen rock gardenat the Ryōanji temple in Kyoto, Japan.
The original garden’s 15 large stones are embodied here with cubes of Ando’s signature charred redwood.