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| Kathmandu, Sunday December 15, 2002 Mangshir 29, 2059. |
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Unique display of art work
commences
Post Report
KATHMANDU, Dec 14:Artists Phuntsok Namgyal Dhumkhang and Dan
Hogan with two different forms of artwork are displaying their work at Indigo Gallery.
Dhumkhang has used the New Tibetan
Calligraphy as a medium in his exhibition entitled Unspoken Words. Altogether thirty-four
varieties of art mediums are displayed.
The works looks very interesting with the
combination of traditional calligraphy in the dominant scriptural styles, which are based
on the theme of Buddhist philosophy.
Dhumkhang’s works are also based on the
significant terms and phonemes from the Tibetan Buddhist lexicons, which he later
transferred the concept of utmost philosophical depth into visual form. The works are
based on the various expressions and forms, which were popular in the traditional Tibetan
script that was adopted throughout the centuries.
Tibetans connect the development of their
script to Ton-mi Sambhota, the minister of Song-tsen Gampo, which was based on the
proto-Sharada script of Kashmir that was taught to the king by the Brahmin Lichin Kara.
In the exhibition Dhumkhang-la has presented
a wide variety of selected scriptural form and only those works are displayed which
according to the artist are most appropriate for the theme.
He has used various scripts in the exhibition
to give the final look. He has used scripts like U-Chen (used for print books due to its
clarity), cursive script U-me (used for both personal and textual purpose), U-me Pe-tsuk
(cursive script in square shape) and many other forms.
While drawing Dhumkhang himself makes a
bamboo pen and using black ink in the traditional Nepali paper, he makes various letters
representing various attributes of humans like good and bad attitude, happiness,
ancestors, diffusion of Buddhism and others.
His works can be read from an aesthetic
viewpoint and at the same time from the viewpoint of Tibetan philosophies expressed from
the simple and smooth strokes of bamboo pens. Artist Dhumkhang belongs to the Tibetan
family, who dedicated his life in teaching and preservation of Tibetan culture.
The exhibition will remain open till January 14, 2003.
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