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Gonkar Gyatso — Buddha in Our Times/Batman
Gonkar Gyatso

Buddha in Our Times/Batman

2010

Gonkar Gyatso's "Buddha in Our Times/Batman" employs silkscreen, mixed media, and graphite to juxtapose religious iconography with contemporary popular culture, creating a provocative commentary on spirituality in the modern world. The work reflects the artist's Tibetan Buddhist background while engaging with Western visual culture, blending traditional spiritual imagery with the secular mythology of the superhero. Through this combination of techniques and symbolic references, Gyatso interrogates how ancient wisdom traditions intersect with, and are sometimes displaced by, the dominant narratives of consumer culture.

Medium
silkscreen, mixed media and graphite on paper

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February 28, 2025

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Gonkar Gyatso, Buddha in Our Times/Batman, 2010

Gonkar Gyatso's "Buddha in Our Times/Batman" employs silkscreen, mixed media, and graphite to juxtapose religious iconography with contemporary popular culture, creating a provocative commentary on spirituality in the modern world. The work reflects the artist's Tibetan Buddhist background while engaging with Western visual culture, blending traditional spiritual imagery with the secular mythology of the superhero. Through this combination of techniques and symbolic references, Gyatso interrogates how ancient wisdom traditions intersect with, and are sometimes displaced by, the dominant narratives of consumer culture.

Medium
silkscreen, mixed media and graphite on paper
Year
2010
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Mixed Media, Collage, Pop Art, Cultural Fusion, Political Commentary, 21st Century, Contemporary Art, Buddhist Iconography, Tibetan Artist, Satirical

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