Rossi & Rossi has gathered together a group of seventeen of the most talented contemporary Tibetan artists, either living in Lhasa or outside Tibet, and asked them to create works of art as a specific response to a selection of early Tibetan paintings and sculpture.  The resulting dialogue will show the enormous vitality and high quality of contemporary Tibetan art and its continuity with the past.

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Contemporary Tibetan artists are very aware of their spiritual and artistic heritage and the seventeen whose works will be exhibited in New York have responded to these ancient pieces with a deep understanding of their Tibetan roots while expressing themselves as artists who truly belong in the 21st century.   The works are executed in a wide variety of media and all are imbued with a profound spirituality and an aesthetic that does indeed cross the boundaries between eastern and western artistic traditions.

Tibetan Encounters: Contemporary meets Tradition reflects Rossi & Rossi’s wide knowledge of and interest in not only the art and culture of Tibet’s past but also in what is happening there today.  

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