EXPOSITION
Powerful Movement
The paintings by Sagar Manandhar reflect the peaceful environment after Jana Andolan-II
Representing a happier and victorious Nepal, artist Sagar Manandhar’s paintings are colored on the canvas with reflecting peace and sense of optimism. The light and subtle colors used along with the flexible lines symbolize co-operation. He wants us to enjoy the pleasure and feel his inner feelings and hidden truth through his creations. Those who observe the paintings find a new light of hope and optimistic approach in the paintings. All the paintings are refreshing to look at. Very simply and innocently drawn, those paintings are easy to understand and one easily gets the message that the artist wants to convey.
The fourth art exhibition with 55 paintings “Reflected Realities'06” is being held at Nepal Association of Fine Arts (NAFA) hall, Naxal by Sagar Manandhar. The paintings are filled with water colors of different tastes. The paintings were done three months after Jana Andolan-II.
Sagar Manandhar, son of popular painter, Kiran Manandhar, has revealed his talent in painting through three exhibitions "My Moon For Peace", "Music" and "Paintings in My Eyes" which were held at Shreejana Contemporary Art Gallery, NAFA Gallery and Buddha Art Gallery, respectively. He had displayed 34 paintings in first solo exhibition, 50 in second and 40 in third exhibition. Now, he has returned with the collection of paintings under the theme of 'Reflected Realities'.
His paintings especially portray female figures. He wants to represent Nepal Ama (Mother Nepal) through his painting. "The credit goes to Female for the success of Nepal, that's why I have depicted female pictures in my paintings", says Manandhar. Influenced by father and sister Karuna Manandhar, he gets suggestion from them to improve his paintings. "I am still learning from my seniors," he said.
Manandhar, as an artist, seems to be very influenced by the spring movement that we call Jana Andolan-II. A student of Bachelor in Fine Arts (BFA) third year at the Benaras Hindu University, Sagar saw the opportunity to express his views through creative works when he returned home recently. After gathering views of various people, he has drawn their feelings on the canvas, where real images of the mindset of people have been picturized.
To a normal viewer, his paintings are not just pieces created to utilize leisure. But they expose his innate talent towards painting. The expression with every stroke of brush, lines, colors, figures seek freedom in his paintings. The exhibition will remain open till 14 th July 2006.
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