2024
5 copies
Signed and numbered
5 copies
Signed and numbered
Closed:
31×23×3,5 cm 12.2×9×1.4 in.
Unfolded:
31×23×35 cm 12.2×9×13.8 in.
31×23×3,5 cm 12.2×9×1.4 in.
Unfolded:
31×23×35 cm 12.2×9×13.8 in.
Hand-painted Fedrigoni paper
Fabric and cardboard slipcase
Fabric and cardboard slipcase
“Tonglen” is one of the four “Modal Modules” by Matthew Ronay: meditation altars that blend the artist’s visual expression and spiritual practice, creating a sculptural space designed for contemplation and introspection.
“This is based on a compassion exercise. You’re breathing in for yourself, for something that’s making you uncomfortable, and envisioning the heaviness and negativity of this thing and at the top of your breath you’re exhaling and wishing for peace or calmness. You repeat the exercise for yourself, for someone that you love, for someone that you have difficulty with, for an acquaintance, someone that you buy coffee from or an elevator operator, you do it for all of humankind.” M.R.
For each module, a visual interpretation of a different meditation has been translated into a tunnel book formed of twelve laser-cut layers. Each layer is hand-painted in the subtle and distinctive colors that characterize Ronay’s sculptural work and assembled by Three Star Books in Paris. Each book is housed in a slipcase and accompanied by a colophon typeset in a font created by the artist, inspired by the one designed by Alfred Roller in 1903.
“This is based on a compassion exercise. You’re breathing in for yourself, for something that’s making you uncomfortable, and envisioning the heaviness and negativity of this thing and at the top of your breath you’re exhaling and wishing for peace or calmness. You repeat the exercise for yourself, for someone that you love, for someone that you have difficulty with, for an acquaintance, someone that you buy coffee from or an elevator operator, you do it for all of humankind.” M.R.
For each module, a visual interpretation of a different meditation has been translated into a tunnel book formed of twelve laser-cut layers. Each layer is hand-painted in the subtle and distinctive colors that characterize Ronay’s sculptural work and assembled by Three Star Books in Paris. Each book is housed in a slipcase and accompanied by a colophon typeset in a font created by the artist, inspired by the one designed by Alfred Roller in 1903.