Ragini's Work
Artist Ragini Upadhaya comes with her new paintings
By A CORRESSPONDENT
Love, affection and passion are important components of human life cycle. All people have in one or other way experiences of understanding each other's feeling. Artist Ragini Upadhyaya has chosen the art as a medium to express her feelings.
Just a few months after completing her exhibition on Janandolan II, artist Ragini Upadhyaya has come up with her new paintings but this time all the paintings are about love and human expressions.
Organized to mark the Valentine's Day, artist Ragini's paintings express various mode of love and affections. With nude and semi-nude paintings, she has presented unique characters which express the inner desire of love and affections.
Inaugurated by German ambassador to Nepal , the paintings pasted at the wall of The Art Shop in Durbar Marg explain various moods and expression of love. Although it is very difficult to portray the abstract theme like love in paintings, Ragini has proved that it can be expressed through art.
Every human being has some sorts of feeling in his mind about love. This is the gift of nature. Some express it through their body and some through their language and other through signs, artist Ragini is able to capture these moods in her 32 pieces of paintings displayed at the exhibition.
From combination of color to actions and other spirits, artist Ragini has chosen perfect ways. Drawn in acrylic, water color and mixed in dried paper, she has made couples of men and women as her theme.
Although some complained too much westernization of arts, many agree with Ragini's way of expressing love and passion. Priced between Rs.18, 000 to Rs. 165,000, the exhibition will be there for another two weeks.
"My aim is to share message of love, friendship and harmony among different groups. Valentine's day is not just for young couple to share love and feelings but it is for all the people of different ages," said Ragini.
One of the important aspects of artist Ragini's exhibition is that she is able to paint one of the most complicated and sentimental theme in simplistic way. In a painting dedicated to the Valentine's day, Ragini painted a young couple who are exchanging red rose at Kathmandu .
Every one has feelings about the love but it is the young people who share it most. This is what one can see in her paintings also where mostly young people were shown in the romantic moods with various stages of love.
"Valentine's day is universal day for love and affection. Love do not have any boundary and limitation. I dedicated all my paintings to Valentine's day," aid artist Ragini.
Although some visitors objected over the theme chosen to celebrate the tradition, there are many who think Ragini's works are perfect expression of freedom and harmony. It gives eternal satisfaction for many to read the message of love.
Most of her paintings narrate the story of young couples and their desires of love. As a renowned artist, Ragini always chooses the complicated themes to express human feelings in her paintings. Hardly a few Nepalese artists have these kinds of quality.
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