15th of
15 works found
- Title
- Lord Chaitanya
- Artist
- Subrata (Goswamy) Lahiri
- Date
- 1985
- Medium
- concrete
- steel
- Type
- sculpture
- Dimensions
- 9m height
- Owner
- ISKCON Temple
- Accession Number
- NA
- Location
- ISKCON Temple
- Category
- Private Development Public Art
- Collection
- Public Art
- Lat/Long
- 49.204306,-122.984370
- View in Google Maps
- http://www.google.com/maps?q=49.204306,-122.984370
The 30 foot concrete statue of Lord Chaitanya, whom Hare Krishna followers believe was the incarnation of Krishna (the Supreme Being), overlooks the 8 acre Vedic community at the ISKCON temple. The hollow, 20 tonne statue rests on a single foot. Lahiri framed the statue with welded steel bars, and applied a Soviet devised cement, with double the hardness of ordinary cement, to support the structure.
Subrata Lahiri is a sculptor and Professor of Art at the University of Arkansas.