1995; herbal medicine, wood, brass; 320 x 270 x
270 cm. Collection of National Art Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
The towerlike temple with a broken upper level evokes a ruin with
cosmological significance. The symbol of the house, pavilion, or place
(sala) separates the hierarchy of heavenly and earthly realms. Boonma
adopted gravity as a means of representing space and time through the
sphere of the universe. Boonma invites us to experience healing of the
body, mind, and soul in a sacred enclosure, or “place without sickness”
(arokhayasala) where boxes are stuffed with medicinal and aromatic herbs.
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