LibGuides: Himalayan Art: Opening Doors to the World Fall 2024: Project Himalayan Art: Frank Museum

Project Himalayan Art from the Rubin

Portrait of Situ Panchen
Pelpung Monastery, Derge, Kham region, eastern Tibet ca. 1760s

RUBIN MUSEUM: Exhibition Details & Descriptions

Gateway to Himalayan Art
From the Rubin Museum, this page introduces you to the region of the Himalayas through three thematic sections: Symbols and Meanings, Materials and Technologies, and Living Practices
Digital Platform Rubin Museum
Take a deeper dive into learning about the Himalayan region with a focus on Tibet and look at how Buddhism ties the region together. The interactive map and videos further enhance the traveling exhibit.

Contemporary Responses

Contemporary Tibetan artists respond to their history and traditions using modern methods and forms. These artists, such as Gade and his work Ice Buddha featured above "express and comment on the increasingly complex contemporary Tibetan world."

Introduction

Fall 2024: At the Frank Museum: Project Himalayan Art

To promote awareness and understanding, this is a traveling exhibition from the Rubin Museum of art on view at the Frank Museum. It introduces the main forms, concepts, meanings, and religious traditions of Himalayan art through objects. This exhibition covers the greater Himalayan region, which encompasses Indian, Nepalese, Bhutanese, and Tibetan cultures as well as interrelated Mongolian and Chinese traditions.

Research in Contemporary Tibetan Art

Art in Tibet: Issues in Traditional Tibetan Art From the Seventh to the Twentieth Century by International Association for Tibetan Studies, Seminar Staff (Contribution by); Charles Ramble; Erberto F. Lo Bue (Volume Editor)
ISBN: 9789004155190
Publication Date: 2011-09-20

Our Land, Our People: reconsidering site-specificity in exile.
Article in Journal of Aesthetics & Culture concerning site specific installation art in dialogue with one audience in particular—the exile community.
Tibetan Contemporary Art: Beyond the Cultural Mask.
A roundtable discussion on the state of Tibetan contemporary art, held on October 5, 2007, at London gallery Rossi & Rossi, coinciding with the gallery's show of contemporary Tibetan art, titled “Consciousness and Form.”
Tibetan Buddhist Art in a Globalized World of Illusion: The Contemporary Art of Ang Tsherin Sherpa.
Until the last decade or so, Tibetan art was made almost exclusively for religious purposes in the form of thangkas or murals for Buddhist temples. Recently, however, a new movement has developed that transforms the art of Tibet to involve contemporary expressions and broader concerns. This article studies the paintings of one Tibetan artist, Ang Tsherin Sherpa, to show how he handles new secularized subject matter within a Buddhist context.

The Politics of Tibetan Art featuring Ang Tsherin Sherpa ...

Nepali-born artist Ang Tsherin Sherpa discuss with Williams College anthropology and religion professors Tibetan Buddhist culture, art, and imagery.