Temple of Sublime Beauty

Temple of Sublime Beauty Emerson Wang

In Venice, the Sala S. Tomaso, part of the chiesa S Giovanni e Paolo, has been transformed into a temple of this pantheon of superheroes. Especially in the case of film heroes such as King Kong (1933), Godzilla (1954), and Superman (1933/1938), one could argue that there is a strong link between their emergence and the growing paranoia. The classic example is nuclear technology: albeit its known benefits, its use entails dangers that can potentially put an end to human life on the globe.

Yang Maolin, from Taiwan, transforms him and other superheroes such as King Kong, Godzilla and Peter Pan into buddhist deities, assigning each a position in his new pantheon, by placing them like door- guardians on top of ferocious beast, or let them stand on animals and lotus flowers like bodhisatvas, or collocates them on a throne with a big halo on the back like a buddha.