浅谈20世纪80年代拉萨甜茶馆画展及其艺术家——以贡嘎嘉措为例

Study on the Lhasa Sweet-Tea-House Exhibition and its artists in the 1980s——A case study of Gonkar Gyatso

上世纪80年代在改革开放的大环境下,国外各种艺术思潮开始涌入中国,中国的艺术家们受到了很大的冲击和影响。国内很多地方开始出现一些群体自称为“画会”“画派”或者“某某艺术群体”。他们的目的是反思传统,探索中国现代艺术的发展道路。同时,在拉萨也出现了甜茶馆画展及其艺术群体,他们以一种探索的精神,把艺术作品带入到甜茶馆进行展出,成为上世纪80年代西藏现代艺术发展历程中一个独特现象。其中贡嘎嘉措是甜茶馆画展的代表性艺术家之一。本文对甜茶馆画展的产生过程和贡嘎嘉措的艺术生涯及其艺术创作进行了简单论述。

In the 1980 s,under the environment of reform and opening up,various foreign art trends began to flood into China,and Chinese artists were greatly impacted and influenced.In many parts of China,some groups called themselves"Association of Painting","School of Painting"or"Certain of Art Group"began to appear.Their aim is to reflect on tradition and explore the development path of modern Chinese art.At the same time,the SweetTea-House exhibition and its artistic group also appeared in Lhasa.They brought their artistic works to the SweetTea-House for exhibition with a spirit of exploration,which became a unique phenomenon in the development process of Tibetan modern art in the 1980 s.Gonkar Gyatso is one of the representative artists in the Sweet-Tea-House exhibition.This paper briefly discusses Gonkar Gyatso’s artistic career and his artistic creation.