Tradition Transformed: Tibetan Artists Respond

Traditions Transformed: Tibetan Artists Respond features nine artists¿Dedron, Gonkar Gyatso, Losang Gyatso, Kesang Lamdark, Tenzin Norbu, Tenzing Rigdol, Pema Rinzin, Tsherin Sherpa and Penba Wangdu¿who are trained in traditional painting and the strict interpretations prescribed by Buddhist religion-spiritual formulas and artistic norms, from which they break by experimenting with alternative media and extracting sacred symbols from their religious context, re-purposing them for their own self-expression. A 184-page, full-color catalog has been published for the exhibition, and is available for purchase at the Rubin Museum bookshop. The catalog includes essays by H.G. Masters, Michael R. Sheehy, and Anna Bremm, as well as an interview with Paolo Vanzo of the Trace Foundation in New York. The catalog is co-published by ArtAsiaPacific and the Rubin Museum of Art, New York.… (more)