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Gods and Gridlock
Feb 2020 - Aug 2021

Large-scale painting of a mass of colourful hands and feet wrapped in snakes against a platinum leaf background.

Tsherin Sherpa, Nepal b.1968 / Muted expression 2015 / Synthetic polymer paint, ink and platinum leaf on canvas / 116.5 x 259cm / Purchased 2015. Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Tsherin Sherpa

‘Gods and Gridlock’ features works by artists who, by experimenting with the techniques and iconography of classical tangka painting, seek its relevance in an age of digital communication.