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World Tibet Network News Sunday, August 13, 2000

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2. THE GREAT ARTISTIC HERITAGE OF MONGOLIA - The inaugural exhibition of the Zanabazar Mongolian Institute of Buddhist Art

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Place: Mongolian Modern Art Gallery, Cultural Centre of Ulaanbaatar,
Mongolia.

Date: September 8th - October 10th, 2000.

Detail: A rare opportunity to view the remarkable renaissance of
Mongolian Buddhist Art that has been achieved since the collapse of the
Communist system, by the highly accomplished scholar and artist,
Venerable Purevbat, with the assistance of his skilled craftsmen and
students of the Zanabazar Mongolian Institute of Buddhist Art

The exhibition consists of an extensive display of sacred Buddhist art
and artefacts completed in the last ten years including: thankha
paintings in the unique Mongolian style that is quite distinct in the
Tibetan Buddhist tradition -they are in exact accordance with the
scriptures but include Mongolian script for mantras and syllables and
the soft and delicately balanced colour combinations, and Mongolian
wild-flowers in the background, add a unique quality; applique and
embroidery thankas; cast-iron, carved wood or papier mache sculptures of
Buddhist images in the Zanabazar tradition; temple and stupa models;
three-dimensional mandalas; masks and costumes
for Cham dancing Higlights of the exhibtion: a vast model of Amithaba=B9s=

Pure Land showing exquisite statues and palaces carved in wood; a
collection of 150 well-arranged and beautifully drawn artist=B9s
iconometrical grids whose purpose is to ensure perfect proportions of
the deities according to the scriptural explanation and an entirely new
set of 400 grids for drawing animals based on old drawings collected by
Purevbat in Mongolia

Photographs To complement the display, there is a collection of
contemporary photographs depicting the land, the religious culture, and
the way of life of the Mongolian people.

A catalogue illustrated with full colour plates of paintings and black
and white reproductions of iconometrical grids and statues, and
including the curriculum of the school and a list of future publications
will be available priced =A325 including postage and packing (=A3 sterlin=
g
only).

Future Plans
It is planned that the exhibition will travel to Japan, Korea, and
Russia.It will also be available for loan to other interested parties.
If you are interested in borrowing the exhibition please contact:

Contact: Ven Purevbat, Director
Address : Zanabazar Mongolian Institute of Buddhist Art
Gandanthekchenling
Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia

FAX: 976 1 360 354 Mark Attention Mongolian Institute of Buddhist Art

For further information and to order a catalogue
Please contact Sue Byrne at:
Tibet Foundation: enquiries@tibet-foundation.org or on Fax 44 (0)207 404
2366
Home: sbyrne@easynet.co.uk or on FAX 44 (0)20 7586 4549

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Articles in this Issue:

1. Rain triggers mountain collapse in northern India
2. THE GREAT ARTISTIC HERITAGE OF MONGOLIA - The inaugural exhibition of the Zanabazar Mongolian Institute of Buddhist Art
3. Conf=E9rence Dala=EF Lama Paris 26 sept

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