There is a lot of use of collage, a lot of cartoon style, use of commercial, advertising images, a lot of play on the old, formal, staid icon images and contrasting, child-like explosiveness in color. I think it takes courage for these young artists to do the work they do because they've mastered the traditional art, then taken those images of the Buddha or symbols of the spiritual path, combined them with non-devotional images.
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| Ang Tsherin Sherpa, Knock knock..who's there 2013 |
Tenzing Rigdol, With Great Power Comes Great Entertainment
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| Buddha@hotmail-1 by Gonkar Gyatso, 2006 |
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Tenzing Rigdol, Journey of my Teacher 2011 |
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| Gonkar Gyatso, Holy Moly II, 2015 |
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| Tenzing Rigdol, Buddha Market: Self Critique, 2009 |
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| Tenzing Rigdol, Buddha Personalized 1, 2011 |
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| Tenzing Rigdol, Buddha Personalized 2, 2011 |
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| Tenzing Rigdol, Buddha Personalized 3, 2011 |
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| Tenzing Rigdrol, Pin drop silence: Eleven-headed Avalokitesvara, 2013 |
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| Tenzing Rigdol, Mic-key, Nya-key and Mickey Mandala, 2008 |
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| Karma Phuntsok, Hat Man Tenzing Rigdol's performance art piece, called Scripture Noodle |
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| Tenzing Rigdol, Aes Dhammo Sanantano (Change is the Eternal Law), 2006 |
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| Karma Phuntsok, Mona Lhasa |
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| Tsherin Sherpa |
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| Tsherin Sherpa |
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| Pema Rinzin, Bubble of Wishful Gems |
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| Rabkar Wangchuck, Four Harmonious Friends |
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| Gonkar Gyatso's Shambala of the Modern Times, 2008 in exquisite detail |
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| Tsherin Sherpa |
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| Tashi Norbu, Tulips Buddha |
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| Bin Bai, also known as Genqiu Gyatso, The Hunter and the Skeleton |
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| Tsherin Sherpa |
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| Tsherin Sherpa, All Things Considered |
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| Tsherin Sherpa |
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| Gade, The Hulk: Diamond Series, 2008 |
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| Losang Gyatso, mantras and jewels |
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| Sodhon, Loving Kindness |
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| Karma Phuntsok, Luminosity |
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| Karma Phuntsok, Gold Buddha |
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Tsherin Sherpa, Untitled (Cause and Effect) 2012 |
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| Losang Gyatso, dancer in the empty sky |
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| Tsherin Sherpa |
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| Ang Sang, Faces of Buddha, 2011 |
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| Gonkar Gyatso: Buddha with Puzzle’s Clues |
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| Tsherin Sherpa |
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| Tsherin Sherpa, Lost Spirits, 2014 |
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| Tashi Norbu, The Union of Pure Appearance and Emptiness |
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Tsherin Sherpa |
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Tsherin Sherpa |
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| Sodhon, I Exist |
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Tsherin Sherpa, DOI (Death of Innocence) |
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| Gade, Let’s Sing that Song |
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| Pema Rinzin, Peace and Energy (Yellow) 2009 |
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| Rabkar Wangchuk, Spiritual Mind and Modern Technology, 2013 |
Victoria -- where di you find these? They are amazing...thank you
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ReplyDeleteDear Pema, I've been interested in contemporary Tibetan art for some time, particularly in the brilliant Gonkar Gyatso, who I think has been a superb pioneer. Looking up his latest art, I found that number of other Tibetan artists have produced some marvelous works of art.
DeleteThere is a lot more there I did not include in this post that is worth googling.