Nociceptor-Heart Sutra
Susan Crowell
Description
Susan Crowell
United States, born 1947
Nociceptor-Heart Sutra
2009
White stoneware, industrial
ceramic pigment
Gift of Ellen Wilt, 2009/2.104
Susan Crowell’s vaguely anatomical sculpture addresses
ideas of pain, suffering, impermanence, and the body.
Nociceptors are pain receptors that alert the nervous
system to potential damage in the human body and are
primarily responsible for the sensation of pain. The
Heart Sutra is a short Buddhist text, popular in East Asia,
that explains that the cycles of death, reincarnation, and
suffering in life are all impermanent and thus “empty.”
Understanding this emptiness is a crucial step in the
practitioner’s attainment of enlightenment.
Fall 2022 Gallery Rotation
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Recent Acquisitions Part II
March 31-August 5, 2012
Susan Crowell
United States, born 1947
Nociceptor-Heart Sutra
2009
White stoneware, industrial ceramic pigment
Gift of Ellen Wilt, 2009/2.104
Physical Description:
Abstract sculpture in white with red on three ends, with a pattern of small raised bumps covering the entirety of the piece and creating a rough texture. The sculpture is formed with two ball shaped figures on top and two long curves on bottom.
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