Power Of Expression
Two artists Asha R Dangol and Adoiti Charkaborty Sadhu team up for an exhibition of their experiments in paintings
By A CORRESPONDENT
For an artist, there are various ways of expressing his/her feelings and observation of nature, human life, culture and so on. Some prefer pencil and paper, others take to canvas - but it is always a challenging task to express the feeling through any such media.
Although artists from other countries of the world have a long history of using ceramic for their expressions, it has just recently been adopted by Nepalese artists. The artists of Nepal have a tradition of using clay as a medium of expression but they are just confined to creating images of gods and goddesses. However, of late, a few people have started to use ceramic as a medium.
Young Nepali artist Dangol has made efforts to establish himself as an artist using the ceramic as a medium for expression. Dangol's forty art works made in ceramics, mixed media and acrylic are currently displayed at Siddhartha Art Gallery.
Artist Dangol, who used canvas for his paintings, now uses ceramic for his expression. The ceramic is expensive and difficult medium but Dangol has justifiably experimented with it.
Dangol has drawn his inner feelings through ceramic expression. He uses the colors to match ceramic and colors that reflect the emotions. There are also paintings drawn in canvas. "This is for the first time when I got involved in different media," said Dangol. “I want to continue use this medium for my expression.”
Unlike other paintings, one needs to have basic trainings and techniques to make paintings in ceramic. First, artist makes various sizes of ceramic then fills it with colors.
Ceramic paintings have to pass through various stages. It needs to be put in a chimney
at a specified temperature.
Ceramic creations have unique qualities. "Along with its high quality, ceramic paintings have longer life than others," said Dangol. “There are many complex stages involved in ceramic creations but I find more flexibility and choices."
Dangol has shown that he has different quality of expression. The mixing of color and imagination proves his creative talent.
Adoiti Charkaborty Sadhu does not require introductions as her paintings themselves speak volumes about her inner feelings. In her exhibition, Persistence of Memory, Sadhu shows her power of expression.
Inaugurated by Indian ambassador to Nepal Shiv Shanker Mukherjee, the exhibition of paintings of Sadhu will be displayed till 6 September. One of the basic characters of Sadhu's paintings is her imagination on various issues.
Although they seem to be complex in terms of use of color and theme, they bring out the true emotions. Born in Kolkata, West Bengal, Sadhu has been in Nepal since last 13 years.
In her 39 paintings, artist Sadhu plays with different colors mixing them with each other. Although they are in abstract forms, the paintings give out meanings with powerful messages.
Sadhu uses oil paintings to describe situations. The experimentations in color is a unique aspect of her paintings.
The paintings of both the artist will be displayed in the Siddhartha Art Gallery till 6th
September.
