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Kiss

Series TitleDaily doodles, 2001-2023

Artist Gonkar Gyatso (Tibetan, born 1961)

DateAugust 13, 2023

MediumPencil, ink, stickers, and paper cut-out on fine art paper

DimensionsFramed: 13 1/2 × 13 1/2 × 2 inches (34.29 × 34.29 × 5.08 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust through the generosity of the Foyer Foundation and the George H. and Elizabeth O. Davis Fund

Object number2025.29.28

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DescriptionThis circular scene depicts the artist and his girlfriend while out on a date. They wear masks as they kiss. Gonkar is colored with orange skin while his partner is colored with yellow skin. Surrounding them is several text boxes in Chinese as well as stickers on top of a splotched background muddled with black. The Air Quality Index for China and America are near the edges of the circle. There is a crying panda at the top.
The red text box in reads, “Rewards will always come with efforts. As long as you persist, dreams will always be realized.”
The yellow text bubble reads, “Chinese National Weather Website: Great”
The black text reads above the drawing reads, “Seriously Slow”.

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