A Rock of Horizontal Charm - The Emperor of Yun Sculpture

A Rock of Horizontal Charm

His Holiness Dorje Chang Buddha III has long been an internationally renowned artist. His paintings are not limited by subject or themes and are of many types, from water-ink paintings to oil paintings.

Specifically, the subject matters include human figures, animals, flowers and birds, mountain and water scenes, fish, insects, and so on. Within the wide range of styles, there is fine brushwork, drawing with lines and strings, splash-ink, bold freehand brushwork, small freehand brushwork, and others. Altogether, He has mastered 16 unique painting styles or schools, representing an unprecedented pioneering achievement in the history of art.

His paintings are on permanent exhibition at the International Art Museum of America in San Francisco, the H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Cultural and Art Museum in Los Angeles County, and other art museums. Pieces also hang in private collections across the world. His Holiness Dorje Chang Buddha III’s paintings are extremely valuable and rare. As early as in 2000, His artworks were sold for more than two million U.S. dollars each. He became the artist whose paintings commanded the highest prices compared to the prices for paintings created by all ancient and modern Chinese artists. In 2015 March, an ink painting of His was sold at the New York Spring Auction for $16.5 million, which was the highest price realized at the 2015 Spring Auction of all artworks by ancient and modern artists worldwide.

He also pioneered a new class of artworks that cannot be duplicated by any living being – Yun Sculpture – in the tradition of the ancient Buddhas from previous eras. Experts predict that His paintings and sculptures will become increasingly valuable as His Holiness plans to focus solely on Buddhist activities. Please join us to see the magnificent art works of H. H. Dorje Chang Buddha III.

Yun Sculpture:

A Rock of Horizontal Charm

A Rock of Horizontal Charm 

"The Emperor of Yun Sculpture – The First Irreproducible Art in the Human World"

The sculpture A Rock of Horizontal Charm is a masterpiece of Yun Sculpture, embodying the spirit of an art surpassing the beauty of nature, created by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III for humankind. Derived from an art form created by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III that possesses beauty beyond nature’s, it has attained a realm – never before seen in human history – of artistry transcending nature, originating an art form in this world that is irreplicable by any craftsman or high technology.

Granted, more than ten years ago, we had already heard someone call a particular sculpture a “peerless treasure.” To speak truthfully, however, we could not concur with such an appellation. “Peerless” is not a word to use lightly. Only that which is truly in a league of its own in the world can properly be called peerless. A “peerless treasure” must attain the pinnacle of unrivaled preciousness in order to be so named. From ancient times to the present, how many sculptures can truly be christened a peerless treasure? It can be said that not even one can be found. Even the He Shi Bi (the Jade Disc of He), recorded in history as a treasure of monumental value, does not fit the title of “peerless treasure,” since it is completely replicable— and if it can be replicated, it is not unique; if it is not unique, it is not peerless. In fact, any master sculptor’s magnum opus can be recreated and, on this basis alone, is unfit to be designated a “peerless treasure”!

The most indelible encounter with the appellation of “peerless treasure” came in 2017 to the H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Cultural and Art Museum in Los Angeles County. It was the first time the museum exhibited the sculpture A Rock of Horizontal Charm. It was an absolutely astonishing moment to the museum. It's a truly a “peerless treasure”! Therefore, the museum has named the room in which A Rock of Horizontal Charm is exhibited, “Peerless Treasure.” Just how remarkable is this sculpture? We must acknowledge that its extraordinary charm and beauteous spirit exceeds the highest realm of human sculpture, and truly manifests

Endless changes of spirit and feelings unfold

Mysterious motions envelop wonders untold

Only in heaven is such a presence found

No handiwork of artisan earthly bound

This divine sculpture is ranked the first, as the “emperor,” and is currently shown to the public in the H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Cultural and Art Museum in Los Angeles County; while the second-ranked empress, Mystery of Lovely Colors, is exhibited in the Treasury of the International Art Museum of America; and the fourth-ranked little princess Yellow Yellow has been hailed by a viewer — during its exhibition at the Gold Room of a Congressional House office building on Capitol Hill— as “a gift from God to mankind.” These Wondrous Multicolored Sculptures are treasures of art irreplicable.

For the first time in the world, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III has created an irreplicable art, and one can only say that when the Yun Sculpture appears, the most gorgeous jewels of the world lose their luster, just as the stars all pale against the resplendent moon. Its beauty is truly soul-enrapturing.

reference: https://www.hhdcb3cam.org/htmlpages/exhibits/arohc/