Richard James — South African / UK Artist

Temple Plan — 2026, Fabric / monk's kesa (meditation robe), 215 × 130 cm Japanese cedar, 227 × 21 cm, overlaid with 24-carat gold leaf and Dutch gold leaf; inlaid with temple hair Burnt wooden bowl
Burning in Love — 2026, Circle: plastic, 90cm Head: resin, charcoal and burnt chair Underneath the plastic circle is a mounted text, a secret
Our Ceiling Fell Apart — 2026, Fabric / monk's kesa (meditation robe), 215 × 130 cm Stone circle Head: resin, wood from a burnt child’s chair and charcoal Brass leaves with cupric nitrate Brass finials Burnt Japanese cedar
Ghosts Become Ancestors — 2025, Fabric/monk's kesa (meditation robe), burnt Japanese cedar, brass 215cm/130cm Wood 245cm/34cm
Straightforward — 2025, Fabric/monk's kesa (meditation robe), burnt Japanese cedar 215cm/130cm Wood 245cm/34cm
Remember — 2025, Fabric/monk's kesa (meditation robe), wood, brass 215cm/130cm
Remembering — 2025, Resin + burnt child's chair Measures 31/33cm
Loss — 2025, Discarded T-shirt, 50/41cm
Monk's bowing mat — 2025, Discarded bedding, 82/67cm
In between — 2025, Resin + burnt child's chair + hair Each measures 31/33cm
Leaving Home — 2024, Fabric/monk's kesa (meditation robe), burnt Japanese cedar, brass, human hair 215cm/130cm Wood 245cm/34cm
Dharma Door and Ghost — 2024, Fabric/monk's kesa (meditation robe), burnt wood, brass, plaster, gloss paint 215cm/130cm Door 150/107
Begging Bowl — 2024, Fabric/monk's kesa (meditation robe), brass, wood, wood stain 215cm/130cm Cabinet 87cm/21cm
Compassion in Drowning — 2024, Fabric/monk's kesa (meditation robe), plaster, burnt Japanese cedar, brass, sea water 215cm/130cm
Vulnerable. Monk's kesa (meditation robe) — 2023, Fabric/monk's kesa (meditation robe), human hair, brass, wood 215cm/130cm
I can remember — 2023, Photograph of skull, ammonia nitrate on brass, gold, ceramic. 90/28 cm circumference
Black lung — 2023, Ceramic + gold, 41/27cm
White lung #1 — 2023, Ceramic, gold + glaze, 43/37cm
White lung #2 — 2023, Ceramic, gold + glaze, 43/37cm
Meditation — 2023, Water colour and gold leaf Framed 76/58cm
Simple broken — 2023, Porcelain and gold Framed 29/25cm
The Black lotus was always golden — 2022, Photograph + Dutch leaf Without frame 58/48cm
Gratitude — 2022, Photograph Without frame 58/48cm
Nomonde's gift — 2022, Photograph + Dutch leaf Without frame 58/48cm
Lover — 2022, Loved, gloss paint + Dutch leaf Circumference 59cm
Little flower — 2022, Water colour and Dutch leaf, 26/26cm
Amahle sells ice-cream by the ocean — 2022, Wood, Dutch leaf, silk paint, back light Circumference 48cm
Swallow — 2022, Gold on plastic Back lit Circumference 90cm
Cuts — 1997, Cuts in MDF ≈ 30/30cm circa 1997
Artist and Doors — 1996, Emulsion on walls 200/80 cm 1996
Portrait of Mathew — 1996, Photograph on sheet aluminium, 74/74cm; text 32/32cm etched on traffolyte
Black Photos and Poems — 1995, Photos 96/96cm mounted on aluminium; text 32/32cm etched traffolyte
Names and Words — 1994, German: emulsion on wall ≈ 350/90 cm circa 1994 Fridge Cross: emulsion on wall ≈ 160/80 cm circa 1994 German Cross: emulsion on wall ≈ 300/90 cm circa 1994 Cut Cross: emulsion on wall ≈ 280/90 cm circa 1994 Tracey Cross: emulsion on wall ≈ 350/90 cm circa 1994 Mark Cross: emulsion on wall ≈ 160/80 cm circa 1994
Vertical and Horizontal — 1994, Shelf with knife edge: stainless steel ≈ 166/32cm circa 1995 Mahakala: emulsion on wall ≈ 200/35cm circa 1995 2 crosses vertical and horizontal: emulsion on wall ≈ 300/120cm circa 1995 4 crosses vertical and horizontal: emulsion on wall ≈ 120/90cm circa 1995

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