Transcending Tibet: Trace Foundation
In August 2014 Trace Foundation produced Lens on Tibet in collaboration with The Museum of Modern Art in New York. This project was completed as a joint work to the larger anniversary celebration of Gatön, from the Tibetan word for celebration.
Trace Foundation will be opening two art exhibitions to take place now until early 2015 in New York City. Trace has been working for the past twenty years with Tibetan communities; the exhibitions will highlight contemporary Tibetan art. The participating artists explore what it means to be Tibetan day—a term that is not easily defined.
Transcending Tibet Preview Exhibition
Time: November 6th to December 4th
Open to the public Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10:00 to 5:00 pm
Location: Ground floor gallery space at 132 Perry Street; the talks will be held in Suite 2B, in Trace Foundation’s Library
The preview will include eleven artists participating in the larger spring exhibition. The international group selected will travel from around the world for the opening reception of the exhibition, at which they will hold a roundtable discussion.
November 6th 2014 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm
Opening Reception
November 12th 2014 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm
Contemporary Tibetan Art Scholar Leigh Miller in conversation with participating artists
December 4th 2014 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm
Launch of Clare Harris’s new book on Tibet and a discussion with Tibetan artists: Gonkar Gyatso and Tenzing Rigdol
The dates for the full exhibition, Transcending Tibet will be announced soon. It will coincide with Asia Art Week 2015. New contemporary artworks from thirty artists will be commissioned for the exhibition. In ten years Tibetan visual art has transformed into a flourishing international movement.
For both exhibitions, the participating artists represent a wide array of points in their careers, from emerging to established. Though most of these artists share a Tibetan heritage, their diverse upbringings have resulted in artworks that appropriate iconography from historic Tibetan art as well as from other cultures throughout the world.
For more information please see the full press release here or the Gatön: Celebrating Contemporary Tibetan Culture website here.
Participating artists for the Transcending Tibet Preview: Kesang Lamdark, Livia Liverani, Michela Martello, Nyima Dhondup, Rabkar Wangchuk, Sonam Dolma Brauen, Tashi Norbu (Amsterdam), Tashi Norbu (Lhasa), Tenzin Phakmo, TseKal, Tülkü Jamyang
Transcending Tibet is organized by Paola Vanzo, Director of Communications and Development, and Kristina Dy-Liacco, Librarian of Trace Foundation, with artistic direction by Davide Quadrio of Arthbub Asia
