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museum exhibitions calendar_today Thursday, May 7, 2026

Tuguldur Yondonjamts’s Animalistic Realm

Mongolian artist Tuguldur Yondonjamts explores the habitat of the saker falcon through a series of accordion-style books titled *The Secret Mountain of Falcons* (2011–14), created during fieldwork across Mongolia. The drawings, presented in Perspex vitrines at his solo exhibition *Wolf Loving Princess* at Gallery Ver in Bangkok, depict the falcon's perspective as imagined by the artist, blending black-and-white film-like imagery with abstract textures. The work responds to the falcon trade, particularly to the Middle East, and the species' declining population, which led to its designation as Mongolia's national bird in 2012.

Yondonjamts's practice, rooted in Mongol zurag painting and studies under Lothar Baumgarten at Berlin University of the Arts, uses observation and mimesis to probe the inner lives of animals. This matters because it offers a unique artistic approach to interspecies connection and environmental awareness, translating animal perception into visual language. The work raises questions about mapping, memory, and phenomenology, positioning Yondonjamts as a significant voice in contemporary art that bridges ecological concerns with cross-species empathy.