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Waves on the Turquoise Lake: Bringing Tibetan Contemporary Art to Colorado  
| 30 January 2010 |
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Few places in Asia attract so much interest and wonderment as Tibet, yet knowledge of the contemporary art of the region is decidedly limited. In 2006 an internationally ground-breaking CU Art Museum exhibition, “Waves on the Turquoise Lake: Contemporary Expressions of Tibetan Art,” brought a first glimpse of the work of some of the most prominent Tibetan artists to Colorado. Organized jointly with the Mechak Center for Contemporary Tibetan Art, the “Waves on the Turquoise Lake” exhibition was the first major museum exhibition to bring together contemporary Tibetan artists working both inside and outside Tibet and was co-curated by Lisa Tamiris Becker, Director of the CU Art Museum and Tamar Victoria Scoggin, anthropologist. Featuring work by Benchung, Dedron, Namgyal Dorjee, Gade, Gonkar Gyatso, Losang Gyatso, Jhamsang, Kaltse, Kesang Lamdark, Nortse, Tsering Nyandak, Karma Phuntsok, Tenzing Rigdol, Samchung, Shelka, Sodhon, Tsewang Tashi, and Migmar Wangdu, the exhibition highlighted the emerging movements of contemporary art in Tibetan communities across the globe. From interpretations of Tibetan religious scroll paintings (thangkas) to digital and installation art, contemporary Tibetan art explores issues of tradition versus modernity, cultural hybridity, and personal identity through a diverse range of media and perspectives. The exhibition featured works that address the complexity of the Tibetan diasporic experience and included Tibetan artists from Australia, Switzerland, The United Kingdom, the United States (including Denver and Boulder), and India, as well as artists living in Tibet. Artworks on view in the exhibition also addressed current transformations within Tibet such as the recent coming of the train from Beijing to Lhasa, the environmental challenges posed by ongoing land development, and the increased influence of new communications media such as film, television, and the Internet. Artworks that poignantly reconfigure traditional Tibetan painting techniques, icons, and spiritual imagery were among the highlights of the exhibition. “Tibet” has always been a complex notion, embodying numerous regions of the Tibetan plateau and the surrounding geographies, as well as myriad Buddhist sects, dialects, and fusions of ethnicities. Contemporary Tibetan art is equally indefinable in a single sense. It was the goal of the CU Art Museum’s “Waves on the Turquoise Lake: Contemporary Expressions of Tibetan Art” to present the great range of subjects, methods, and artistic approaches that encompass contemporary Tibetan art, while at the same time giving voice to a burgeoning field that is only now gaining a larger foothold in the international dialogue of the world of art. As part of the ongoing education series presented by the Denver Art Museum’s Asian Art Association, on February 19th Curator Lisa Tamiris Becker will talk at the DAM about her 2006 exhibition, and will also give highlights of the more recent evolving body of work produced by participating artists since then. Friday, February 19th 2010, 6:30 to 7:30pm |