Sopheap Pich, “Buddha 2” (2009), rattan, wire, dye, 100 x 29 x 9 in / 254 x 73.7 x 22.9 cm (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic unless otherwise noted) A figure ...

Throughout the villages and cities of Southeast Asia, millions are preparing this week for a celebration that will be a landmark in their lives — the 2,500th anniversary of the death of the Buddha, ...