"A museum is a temple of the human condition. To me, it's just as close to the sacred as I can ever get."
Artist James Siena reflects on the "Buddha of Medicine Bhaishajyaguru" in this episode of The Artist Project—an online series in which artists respond to works of art in The Met collection.
About the Artist
James Siena, born in 1957, is an American artist who works in a wide range of mediums, including lithography, etching, woodcut, engraving, drawing, sculpture, and painting.
James Siena (American, born Oceanside, California, 1957)
Squa Tront, 2005–2010
Engraving; plate: 19 1/8 × 15 in. (48.6 × 38.1 cm), sheet: 27 × 22 3/4 in. (68.6 × 57.8 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, John B. Turner Fund, 2011 (2011.509.1–.10) © James Siena
