Being well-known for the installation art, “Our Land, Our People”, Tenzing Rigdol create a great impact to the world, which gain people attention to Tibetan contemporary art, and looking for changing the stereotypes of the outsiders towards the Tibetan art(Rossi&Rossi, 2015). Tenzing is renowned for his artworks such as paintings,scrulptures,photographs,poems and a video installation, which contain the elements of philosophy, human conflicts and politics.
Tenzing Rigdol, who based in USA, was a Tibetan born in a refugee family in Nepal(Rossi&Rossi, 2015). He understand so well about the homesickness of the Tibetan exile, especially after his dad passed away. According to Jolly(2011), the last wish of Tenzing’s dying father,Norbu Wangdu, is to return to Tibet once again. Unfortunately, the wish could …show more content…
With the learnings in diffenert stage of his study, including the Diploma in Tibetan Traditional Thangka Painting(Rossi&Rossi, 2015),this painting is a combination of Thangka and Tibetan carpet, which is the combination of Tibetan traditional and contemporary art(METmuseum, 2013). Thangka is a traditional painting about Buddhist on cotton or silk, for meditation or for prayers to make request, or even act as a decoration(buddhanet,1996). The eleven headed Tibetan Buddhist is refering to Shadakshari Lokesvara, which means refering to the Dalai Lama, who is understood to be an incarnation of Avalokitesvara. Besides, the Buddhist is representing the kingdom of knowledge and realization. In order to force viewers to treat this piece of work as an art, Tenzing Rigdol has omitted the face of the Buddhist. As in Buddhism, having eye contact with the deity is treated as accessing the divine. By omitting the deity’s face, Tenzing believed that viewers would treat it as the work of art independently(METmuseum,
Tenzing Rigdol, who based in USA, was a Tibetan born in a refugee family in Nepal(Rossi&Rossi, 2015). He understand so well about the homesickness of the Tibetan exile, especially after his dad passed away. According to Jolly(2011), the last wish of Tenzing’s dying father,Norbu Wangdu, is to return to Tibet once again. Unfortunately, the wish could …show more content…
With the learnings in diffenert stage of his study, including the Diploma in Tibetan Traditional Thangka Painting(Rossi&Rossi, 2015),this painting is a combination of Thangka and Tibetan carpet, which is the combination of Tibetan traditional and contemporary art(METmuseum, 2013). Thangka is a traditional painting about Buddhist on cotton or silk, for meditation or for prayers to make request, or even act as a decoration(buddhanet,1996). The eleven headed Tibetan Buddhist is refering to Shadakshari Lokesvara, which means refering to the Dalai Lama, who is understood to be an incarnation of Avalokitesvara. Besides, the Buddhist is representing the kingdom of knowledge and realization. In order to force viewers to treat this piece of work as an art, Tenzing Rigdol has omitted the face of the Buddhist. As in Buddhism, having eye contact with the deity is treated as accessing the divine. By omitting the deity’s face, Tenzing believed that viewers would treat it as the work of art independently(METmuseum,