Plum Blossoms (International) Ltd ; G6, 1 Hollywood Rd, Central, HK ; Tel: (852) 2521 2189 / Fax: (852) 2868 4398 ; www.plumblossoms.com ;   ; Monday – Saturday / 10:30am – 7:00pm ; Closed on Sundays & Public Holidays ;   ;   ; ;    ; FRAGILE MANDALA ; Nortse  / Tsering Nyandak ; 8 – 19 April 2008 ;   ; (Opening reception: Tuesday, 8 April 2008, 6:00 – 8:30pm) ;   ; For their inaugural exhibition at Plum Blossoms Gallery, Tibetan artists Nortse and Tsering Nyandak will show a selection of recent works on canvas – introducing Hong Kong audiences for the first time to the burgeoning contemporary Tibetan art movement at a time of intense international interest in the region. ;   ; Nortse and Nyandak are prominent members of the Gedun Choephel Artists’ Guild, named after Gedun Choephel, the inspirational 20th century Tibetan intellectual, writer and artist, who is considered by many as Tibet’s first truly modern thinker.  Faithful to the spirit of Choephel’s legacy, Nortse and Nyandak’s works fuse elements of traditional Tibetan culture with modern ideas in new and interesting ways.  By dealing with issues such as the impact of the Cultural Revolution and modernization on Tibetan culture and society, their work effectively dispels the ‘Shangri-la’ myth of Tibet that still circulates to this day in China and the West. ;   ; Nortse was born in Lhasa in 1963.  During the Eighties and the early Nineties he studied art at numerous places, including the Tibet University in Lhasa, the Central Academy of Arts in Beijing and the Art Academies of Guangzhou and Tianjin.  His diverse education and his early work as a set designer are reflected in his striking mixed media works, which blend traditional oil painting techniques with high-resolution digital photography and printing. ;   ; Tsering Nyandak was born in Lhasa in 1974.  Between 1985 and 1993 he lived and studied in Dharamsala, India.  Although a largely self-taught artist, he spent a period after his return to Tibet studying under the Tibetan painter Tsewang Tashi.  Nyandak’s oil and acrylic works are characterized by his keen observations of social phenomena, coupled by the desire to communicate an intuitive emotional reality shorn of preconceived conceptual or intellectual elaboration.  ;   [Announcement - Tsering Nyandak - 8Ko - 2008]

Tsering Nyandak ­ ein zeitgenössischer Künstler aus Tibet Raum für Symbole [Page - Tsering Nyandak - 9Ko - 2006]

- Lightness of being The Rossi and Rossi gallery at 16 Clifford Street, London, is one of the few galleries in Europe where the best of the arts of Asia, both past and present, can be seen. In the past thirty years Rossi and Rossi has established a reputation as a leadin... [Page - Tsering Nyandak - 3Ko - 2008]

- Biography __ Tsering Nyandak Born : Lhasa, Tibet. 1974 Nationality : Tibetan, China. Resident : Lhasa. Selected Group Exhibition: 2008 PLum Blossoms gallery,Honkong. "Fragile Mandala. : 2007 Christopher Farr Courtyard gallery,Los Angeles .(organized ... [Biography - Tsering Nyandak - 10Ko - 2008]

- Consciousness and Form: Contemporary Tibetan Art Consciousness and Form Fact Sheet Images Press Release Rossi and Rossi are delighted to announce the opening of their new gallery on the ground floor of 16 Clifford Street, an 18th century townhouse in Mayfair, London W1, on 1 September 2007. This mo... [Page - Tsering Nyandak - 8Ko - 2007]

- At a Gallery in Lhasa, Tibet Joins Art World At a Gallery in Lhasa, Tibet Joins Art World By CRAIG SIMONS, The New York Times, November 22, 2004 LHASA, Tibet - Judging from their work, the Gedun Choephel Artists' Guild might be just another garden-variety group of painters struggling to make na... [Page - Tsering Nyandak - 13Ko - 2007]

- Lhasa : New Works from Tibet Red Gate Gallery, 798 Art District 2 Jiuxianqiao Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, People's Republic Of China May 26, 2007 To Jun 17, 2007 Detail: The fact that Tibet even has a contemporary art scene is little known outs... [Announcement - Tsering Nyandak - 3Ko - 2007]

- On recent paintings of Tsering Nyandak On recent paintings of Tsering Nyandak Tsering Woeser (08.16. 2006) translated by Susan Chen Nyandak is a Lhasawa. From a distance, I saw him walking closer. His youthfulness and disability hit a tender spot in my heart. It used to be very easy to re... [Page - Tsering Nyandak - 7Ko - 2007]

- Inside out ( chi nang lok) ( Fa sheng Fa sheng) Inside Out / phyi nang log (Tib) / FaSheng FaSheng (Chinese) May 20 -22, 2007 Gedun Choephel Artists’ Guild Gallery Lhasa, Tibet please also see installation and art work images in the Inside Out gallery at http://picasaweb.google.com/lei gh.sangster... [Page - Tsering Nyandak - 1Ko - 2007]

- Report from Lhasa When I arrived in Lhasa in late June this past summer 2005, I originally planned to stay only a week. I was there as a teaching assistant for a University of Colorado study abroad program, and had ten students and two additional teachers with me. Asi... [Page - Tsering Nyandak - 1Ko - 2006]

- CLASSIC TO CONTEMPORARY From Classic to Contemporary: Visions from Tibet will be presented jointly by Rossi and Rossi at 13 Old Bond Street, London W1, and The Sweet Tea House, a gallery specialising in contemporary Tibetan art, at 264 Globe Road, London E2, from Thursday 3... [Page - Tsering Nyandak - 10Ko - 2005]