Brightly colored portraits of children and laughing old men or wild natures: with beauty as a common thread, the Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard, French interpreter of the Dalai Lama, is exhibiting photographs near Paris until November 30.
"
This is the first time that he has had a large photo exhibition like this
", explains to AFP Corinne de Conti, director of the Roof of the Grande Arche de la Défense, where works are presented in large format which "
deserve greatness
”.
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Entitled
Hymn to Beauty
, this presentation brings together scenes of life and landscapes photographed in different places around the world - Iceland, Nepal, Pacific Ocean, Patagonia - and highlights a conception of beauty that Matthieu Ricard shares in four aspects: l human, the spiritual, altruism and nature.
Clichés testifying to an “
ultimate beauty, which we remember, which permeates us
” and which served as a selection criterion for bringing together these 151 works, according to Corinne de Conti.
This exhibition is also a way for the Buddhist monk, defender of animal and ecological causes, to encourage "
to act to face the greatest and most urgent challenge of the 21st century, that of the environmental crisis
", he explained. at AFP.
In harmony with its Buddhist values, the exhibition invites visitors to sit on large poufs placed on the ground in the middle of the gallery, close to a label inviting them to “
relax, breathe and meditate
”.
It also presents personalities who have marked her career, such as Dilgo Khyentsé Rinpoche, former grand master of Tibetan Buddhism, and Drouk-kar Tsho, a young Tibetan woman whose face has become the symbol of the Karuna-Shechen association.
The latter, founded by Matthieu Ricard, implements humanitarian projects in Nepal, Tibet and India.
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