Time Travellers: The Art Of Tashi Norbu
From quantum physics to flying monks, Tashi Norbu's artworks explore fantastical realms inhabited by diverse ancient religious symbols and pop culture icons. Originally educated at the ‘court’ of the Dalai Lama, Norbu is fully trained in traditional arts including Tibetan thangka painting. His education is also steeped in Western culture, having completed studies in classical European arts, while living and working in Belgium. Norbu’s contemporary approach to painting today challenges the rigid constructs prevalent in both of these formal traditions, employing humour and intelligence to convey a new reality. Courageously transcending boundaries to forge the new frontier of Contemporary Tibetan Art, Tashi Norbu reveals parallels between emerging Western scientific knowledge and ancient Buddhist Philosophy, while maintaining a vigilant voice of Tibet's suffering under occupation and cultural genocide.
Tashi's outreach and activism on behalf of Tibet have resulted in initiatives such as the 2008 co-founding of Tibet House Holland, an organization promoting Tibetan Art and Culture with chapters world-wide. In cooperation with the International Tibet Art Movement, Norbu also organized the Tibet Art Now exhibition in Amsterdam during the visit of the Dalai Lama in 2009.
Currently based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Tashi Norbu exhibits internationally.
TIME TRAVELLERS The Art of Tashi Norbu at Gallery 1313, July 2016, is the artist's first exhibition in Toronto and Canada.
Time Travellers: The Art Of Tashi Norbu art exhibition is presented by:
Bureau Of Power And Light art collective
Tashi Estates
JC
Tashi Norbu
PROGRAMMING :
ART EXHIBITION
July 21- Aug 07
12pm-6pm
[CLOSED MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS]
Gallery 1313
1313 Queen St. W, Toronto
OPENING
Thursday July 21
7p - 10p
Opening ceremonies. Artist in attendance. Live performances.
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108 BUDDHAS
Painting Workshop For Kids
Date TBD
1p - 4p
Tibet Canada Cultural Centre
40 Titan Rd., Etobicoke
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LIGHT FOR FREEDOM
Towards An Understanding Of The Tibetan Self-Immolations
Immersive Storytelling with Live Painting by Tashi Norbu
Thursday July 28
7p - 10p
Centre for Social Innovation
192 Spadina Ave., Toronto
Co-presented with Stories Of Ours and Students for a Free Tibet Canada
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TIBETAN STREETWINDOWS
Pop-up Interactive Public Art Installation
Date / Time TBD
Parkdale, Toronto
Co-presented with Street Windows
