Is it Sunset in the himalayas
Is Ladakh facing enlightenment’s dawning or fading into endless night? Kundan Gyatso’s terracotta work carries the visual language of Thangkas and the weight of melting glaciers.
Published 30 December 2025
This has finished
- On view
- 12 December 2025 – 31 March 2026
- Times
- 10AM to 6PM (Mon to Sunday) Till March 31st, 2026
- Part of
- Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2025–26
Where
Vallabhdas Kanji Limited (VKL Warehouse)
Event venue · no 6/951, Bazaar Road, Mattancherry
Free
You’ve just missed it — take it home anyway
The 2025–26 Biennale ended on 31 March 2026. The next is expected around December 2027. We made a book of all 72 exhibits, venue by venue, with the photographs — 76 pages, 9 MB.
The central disc poses a serious question: is the region facing enlightenment’s dawning, or fading light towards endless night?
Artist
Kundan Gyatso (Govt College of Arts, Chandigarh)
Medium
Terracotta
About
Kundan Gyatso draws from the indigenous knowledge and lived beliefs of the Ladakhi people. Its amorphous form echoes the visual language of traditional Thangkas, carrying memory through shape rather than image. The rising extensions gesture toward impermanence and the fleeting nature of life through swirling clouds. The deep blue surface holds the cold Himalayan sky: vast, still, and unbounded. The textures of the work borrow from the region’s rugged terrain which is wind-worn, enduring, and resilient.
The central disc as a frozen moment poses a serious question that the region is facing currently: whether it is enlightenment’s dawning and transition towards clarity or fading light towards endless night?
