# @rubinmuseum on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C54F8nuvHQn
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/57716837-rubinmuseum-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-04-17T20:47:05.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art (@rubinmuseum) — https://gondola.cc/rubinmuseum

## Caption

Listen as artist Kabi Raj Lama (@kabi_raj_lama_) discusses the artistic process behind creating his work “Construction and Destruction,” featured in #ReimagineRubin, inspired by the mystical interplay between destruction and construction.

The central image of Manjushri depicts the creation of the Kathmandu Valley, which, according to the mythical stories of the Buddhist scripture Swayambhu Purana, was once a lake. Manjushri cuts open a gorge with his sword, thus allowing the lake to drain and a new habitat to emerge. 
 
In its tryptic form, this art symbolizes the concept of disintegration and integration—in the individual by dissolving traumatic memory through the constructive process of artistic expression, and in the society as a necessary means of the civilization-building process.  
 
Visit “Reimagine: Himalayan Art Now” to learn more about how Kabi Raj Lama works at the intersection of neuroscience and art, including his collaboration with neuroscientist Dr. Sujaya Neupane on “Construction and Destruction.” 

#ReimagineRubin is on view through October 6, 2024. 
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Kabi Raj Lama (b. 1986, Kavrepalanchok, Nepal; lives in Highland Park, NJ; works in Kathmandu, Nepal), in collaboration with Dr. Sujaya Neupane; “Construction and Destruction”; 2023; lithography; courtesy of the artist; photo by David de Armas 

#manjushri #contemporaryart #himalayanart #RubinMuseum

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manjushri, rubinmuseum, reimaginerubin, himalayanart, contemporaryart

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