
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
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
New Now: Modern & Contemporary Art
February 28, 2025
Lot 140
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