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The Transformation Of Tibetan Artists' Identities From 1959-Present Day, Michelle Elizabeth Meno
The Transformation Of Tibetan Artists' Identities From 1959-Present Day, Michelle Elizabeth Meno
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The notion of Tibetan art as a preservation of the Shangri-La culture that existed before Chinese occupation is a pervasive ideology among western scholars. Buddhist thangka paintings were and still are an important aspect of Tibetan heritage and sense of identity. This paper, however, focuses on the shifting roles of Tibetan artists from the onset of the Chinese "liberation" of Tibet in 1959 to present day. The tremendous lack of scholarship on contemporary Tibetan artists, including both those who still live in the Tibetan Autonomous Region and those who have traveled abroad, has served as a catalyst for the research …