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WINDHORSE TRIPTIYCH (l to r) Manjushri, Avalokiteshvara and Vajrapani
Pastel with 24K Gold and Conte Pencil on Roma Fabriano Paper
19H x 28W

Lungta -  The Windhorse
A Painting Exhibition
By
Maureen Drdak
At

Oct 9th to Oct 18th

Visual artist Maureen Drdak trekked to the remote and restricted region of Lo Monthang in 2008 in the company of American composer Andrea Clearfield for the purposes of an artistic collaborative commissioned by the Network for New Music. The result was Lungta-The Windhorse, an interdisciplinary work comprising three monumental paintings-the Lungta Triptych, a new chamberwork by Clearfield, and original choreography by Manfred Fischbeck. Lungta-The Windhorse premiered in Philadelphia in March of 2009 to a sold out audience and appreciative reviews. Of “Lungta-The Windhorse”, artist Drdak writes: “The title refers to the Tibetan Buddhist prayer flag, as well as that quality of the individual that manifests ‘inner vibratory power’ – the wellspring of infinite compassion. Incorporating text written for this work by Senior Lama Tenzin Sangbo Bista of Lo Monthang’s Choede Monastery, it is a prayer for the planet.”   Though not Drdak’s first trip to the region, it was her most meaningful. She and Clearfield traveled with Dr. Sienna Craig, and Dr. Gyaltso Bista, meeting with the King and Queen of Lo, Bista nobles, high ranking lamas, and the court singer Tashi Tzering. The works exhibited at Indigo Gallery in LUNGTA are the results of the continued and powerful impact of that seminal experience. Indigo is pleased to introduce Drdak’s work, and to bring her work to the attention of the Kathmandu audience.

In addition to limited edition prints of the original Lungta Triptych paintings and other works, Drdak will offer an original work, the Windhorse Triptych; a compositional variation based upon studies for the Lungta Triptych, which was created especially for this exhibit. Among other original works on exhibit will be extraordinarily fine drawings on translucent Mylar, embellished with 24K gold. Ethereal interpretations of sago namgo, these drawings will be freely suspended in the manner of lungta, or prayer flags in the gallery. The resulting effect is an evocative and sophisticated synthesis of spiritual aspiration and material praxis-an eloquent tribute to the land of Lo, a desolate and sublime beauty.

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Sago Namgo 1

Sago Namgo 2

Sago Namgo 3

Sago Namgo 4

Sago Namgo 5

WINDHORSE TRIPTIYCH (l to r) Manjushri, Avalokiteshvara and Vajrapani
Pastel with 24K Gold and Conte Pencil on Roma Fabriano Paper
19H x 28W


LAM LHA 1

LAM LHA 2

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