Buddha in Suburbia

September 21st, 2005

Buddha in Suburbia
I wouldn’t call this an illustration, but its a traced, composited vector image for the cover of an exhibition catalogue I recently designed. The exhibition is called Buddha in Suburbia - Greater Western Sydney. The exhibition is currently showing at the Liverpool Regional Museum till late October. For people who aren’t familiar with western Sydney, specifically the Fairfield/Cabramatta area, it seems that on every street there is a Buddhist temple for the various cultural backgrounds that make up the F/C community. My family is Buddhist and I wear a smiling Buddha pendant around my neck, but maybe there is one too many? The best part of the image is the Holden Kingswood ( :

One Response to “Buddha in Suburbia”

  1. marc napoli Says:

    there is a book called “the buddha of suburbia” about an indian boy growing up in the suburbs of london. very very funny.

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