Thangka: Quiet Resistance
In a world of fast-paced urbanization, Yangchen Dolker’s Thangka paintings of Dolkar and Jamyang become quiet acts of resistance—art forms that demand slowness.
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.
Thangka painting is sacred, strict, and slow. In choosing this ancient form, Yangchen Dolker makes a quiet stand against a world that demands speed.
Artists
Yangchen Dolker (Govt College of Arts, Chandigarh)
Medium
Emulsion on Cotton
About
Working from the traditional lineage of Thangka—a form with sacred grammar often inseparable from spiritual and meditative practice—Yangchen brings contemporary touches while remaining rooted in tradition. She draws inspiration from local language and customs, presenting images of the female deities Dolkar (White Tara) and Jamyang (Manjushree).
Her practice confronts the fast-paced urbanization unsettling her region. In choosing an art form that takes time and demands slowness, her perseverance becomes quiet resistance.
