Big Pagoda
1997
Big Pagoda is a poster artwork from 1997 that explores architectural and cultural imagery through the print medium. The pagoda structure references Asian architectural traditions and spiritual symbolism. This work demonstrates an interest in global cultural forms and their visual representation. The poster format allows for mass distribution and public engagement with the artwork. The 1997 date positions this work within a specific historical moment of artistic practice.
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🔨 Auction Lot
Vanguarts — Contemporary Dialogue
April 23, 2026
Estimate: $300 – $500
Lot 285
Collectors of Jean-Michel Basquiat
Artists in conversation
Shirin Neshat
Iranian-American · b. 1957
Neshat creates poster and print based works that deeply engage with cultural architecture, spiritual symbolism, and cross cultural references, paralleling the pagoda imagery and cultural representation found in this piece.
Yoko Ono
Japanese-American · b. 1933
Ono has produced extensive poster and print works that blend Asian cultural and spiritual symbolism with mass distribution formats, directly mirroring the pagoda imagery and poster medium used in this work.
Nobuyoshi Araki
Japanese · b. 1940
Araki works extensively with printed and reproducible formats that explore Japanese architectural and spiritual visual traditions, sharing the cultural reference depth and print medium sensibility of this pagoda centered poster work.
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