nomadic culture

Right Only a few deer stones show actual human features and behaviour, among them the remarkable Deer Stone 14 at Uushigiin Uvor in Mongolia. It stands 256cm tall and shows ring ornaments in pierced ears and a modelled human face, whose open mouth suggests an individual engaged in a shamanic song or chant.

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Conjuring Mongolian deer stones: biographical statuary of Bronze Age Central Asia and south Siberia

The enigmatic deer stones speckling the Mongolian steppe have long invited questions. Now fresh research is providing clues to why they were carved and what they may represent. William Fitzhugh and Richard Kortum, with Bayarsaikhan Jamsranjav, share the story of these remarkable relics.

Left Tsherin Sherpa, 24 Views of Luxation, produced in collaboration with Karma Lama, Pasang Lama, and Phurba Hyolmo. Acrylic on canvas, 2022.

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Views of the past at the 59th Venice Biennale

A number of the national pavilions artists are drawing on ancient culture and themes from the past.