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VOL. 27, NO. 48, August 15 , 2008 (Shrawan 31 2065 B.S.)
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A Duet Fantasies
Nepalese artist Promina Shrestha and Ranendra B.Mali express their views through digital art
By A CORRESPONDENT
Although it is still a new form of art in Nepal, the digital art is gradually coming up. Thanks to the efforts of Gallery 32@Dent Inn, two artists Promina Shrestha and Ranendra B. Mali exhibited their digital arts.
Titled "A Duet of Fantasies", at the exhibition of Promina Shrestha and Ranendra B. Mali one can encounter with the new form of digital art where artists have to play with different media.
Promina currently runs her own design studio "Lights on Creations". Besides attending a short hobby course at the Srijana College of Fine Arts, she has had no other formal training in art.
Pursuing his career as a graphic designer, Ranendra has worked for magazines as well as design studios. He currently runs his own design studio, "Locust Studio" and is making efforts to introduce Digital Art in Nepal.
"Although new in Nepal, we hope that digital art will get to the same heights as other
traditional forms of art," he said.
"We have complied some of their works in their journey as an artist and put together this
Exhibition. The exhibition takes you to the fantasy land and to the thoughts, emotions and dreams of the artists. We hope that self-taught hobbyist turned artists like Promina and Ranendra will get the recognition they deserve as an artist from this exhibition and wish
them the best for their future journeys too," the exhibitor states.
In this exhibition, the two new artists have come up with their first exhibition. Both of them are self taught artists and work on thoughts, expressions and fantasies. Promina expresses her emotions in her illustrations and collages, while Ranendra showcases his multimedia genius in digital art.
For Promina, a microbiologist by education and an illustrator/graphic designer by profession, this exhibition is a new beginning. Though her illustration has been published multiple times in leading magazines of Nepal like the Boss and Wave, this is her first step in getting known as an artist. In her works she has portrayed her thoughts and emotions, the other side of the mind and soul, apart from what is physically real. The collection is a work of sketches, water colors and collage representing the inner eye of the artist.
Ranendra had been surprising everyone with his artistic abilities from his childhood. A self taught artist with no formal training in art, he started his journey from traditional forms of painting. However, working as a graphic designer on computers, soon his media started to be different than other artists. Mouse was his brush, monitor a canvas and bytes his colors.
Together they were expressed in his collection of Digital Art. Still, they convey the same
expressions or passions that an artist does in his traditional art, photography or in a film. His works are also based on fantasies, thoughts and expressions.
Inaugurated by Philippe Martin, Director, Alliance Francaise de Kathmandu, the exhibition will remain open from August 8, 2008 through September 7, 2008 at Gallery 32@Dent Inn.
Gallery 32 was started in 2006 as an effort of Dr. Prabigya Shiwakoti, a dentist and Shivendra Patrabansh, an architect who had immense interest in art and literature. Gallery 32 has been working with photographers, artists, poets and writers in bringing together
different kinds of shows to its visitors. Housed inside a lounge of the dental clinic, the gallery offers a unique environment different than other galleries.
