"Identity is a very individual thing. All people have their own identities, what they have experienced, seen and so on. Purity culture is like forcing people to come into one category, like this is Tibetan, this is Indian. They are forcing people to be in a homogenous group and culture, but it is not." “If… Continue reading ART PRIZE FOR PROVOCATIVE AND PLAYFUL WORK OF TIBETAN CONTEMPORARY ARTIST: Tibetan artist, Tenzin Gyurmey wins Himalayan Art Prize from Rubin Museum
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RED-FACED ‘BEHIND THE TWO MOUNTAINS’: VISCERAL PAINTINGS ON WOVEN ‘FOREIGN AID SACKS’ OF MONKEY-ASS FACES, SKULLS, ‘SACRED COWS’, BLOODY MEAT AND ‘PURITY’: Tibetan contemporary artist, Tenzin Gyurmey’s solo exhibition in Dharamsala, an exclusive interview and review
"Whoever wants to engage people's interest must provoke them." --Salvador Dali "Creativity takes courage." --Henri Matisse "For me, art has one language and it is not relevant to divide the artistic legacy and production into Western or non-Western." --Subodh Gupta "If you are creating something new, a sign that you are doing something is when… Continue reading RED-FACED ‘BEHIND THE TWO MOUNTAINS’: VISCERAL PAINTINGS ON WOVEN ‘FOREIGN AID SACKS’ OF MONKEY-ASS FACES, SKULLS, ‘SACRED COWS’, BLOODY MEAT AND ‘PURITY’: Tibetan contemporary artist, Tenzin Gyurmey’s solo exhibition in Dharamsala, an exclusive interview and review