Uniting John Cage’s influential practice as a composer and visual artist, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac Paris will present an installation devoted to his celebrated Ryoanji series from 1983-1992, inspired by the rock garden at Ryōan-ji (“Temple of the Peaceful Dragon”), a Zen Buddhist temple that Cage first visited in Kyoto, Japan in 1962.

The exhibition presents a selection of Cage's Ryoanji drawings alongside recordings of his Ryoanji compositions for various instruments, focusing on how he expressed his ideas and the garden’s sensibility in both his audio and visual interpretations.