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"The whole shape is of the reclining Buddha. Nowadays Tibet has
lots of changes brought by the West, and the East too. Our generation
is a time when we experience this the most and see the effects from
all of these changes. In my painting you can see lots of things,
like Disneyland, a China Mobile signboard, Coca Cola signboards,
which are seen by us every day in our lives. Of course, Disneyland
is not here yet, but just like the train, maybe in the future it
will also come to Tibet.
Tibet has gone through a cultural revolution, and now commercialism,
so now Tibetan culture has become some sort of circus center, or
resort center, where you can see everything. Some things are very
foreign, almost extraterrestrial. All of these changes are not brought
only by the train, but the train plays the role of instigator and
is a focus point. So now we cannot place our identity in a fixed
area, as there are too many things that have happened. And we feel
this loss of identity, and maybe we are the only generation to experience
such a thing. I am just displaying such circumstances."
Detail: close up of train and monks
Detail: close up of boat on far right
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