A simple artwork can be a powerful social message, and a group of Tibetan school students in India have delivered on that impression. In canvas, they show their deep desire to go back to the place of their forefathers, to create a picture of their homeland in art.
The India Habitat Centre in New Delhi saw an exhibition, Dreaming Tibet, an exhibition of 50 works of art by Tibetan students of classes 6 to 12, which opened on monday. If I Were in Tibet is the theme of the exhibition that lasts through March 15. They not only painted a picture but also wrote down a heartfelt note that expresses their emotional connection with Tibet and their wish to go back to Tibet.
Tibetans have special memories of the day March 10 as it is the day of the Tibetan National Uprising Day, the opening day of the exhibition. Thousands of Tibetans gathered in Lhasa on this day in 1959 to protest ‘illegal occupation’ of Tibet by China. As a result, the Dalai Lama has been living in exile in north India and his Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) has been functioning from Dharamshala. An autonomous Tibet, a demand with which they have maintained for so long, remains their expressed long-standing demand.
The Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, in collaboration with Khadok, a Dharamshala-based group of contemporary Tibetan visual artists, is an initiative of the Dreaming Tibet exhibition. Preserving and reimagining Tibetan identity through art is an endeavor of the group, as the goal is to keep future generations connected to their cultural roots.
Young Tibetan students have turned their yearning into artistic statements that create a strong verbal statement of their dreams and heritage through these paintings.
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