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Tenzing Rigdol: Buddha Market: Self Critique

Buddha Market: Self-Critique is a contemporary shrine that pays tribute to the multiple homes of Tenzing Rigdol.  A Tibetan artist-in-exile working in New York, Rigdol collages fractions of his composite identity. Maps are juxtaposed against prayer sheets, advertisements are overlaid with brocades—Buddhist…

Buddha Market: Self-Critique is a contemporary shrine that pays tribute to the multiple homes of Tenzing Rigdol.  A Tibetan artist-in-exile working in New York, Rigdol collages fractions of his composite identity. Maps are juxtaposed against prayer sheets, advertisements are overlaid with brocades—Buddhist spirituality is interwoven with modern consumerism in a candid critique of a globalized existence. 


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