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VOL. 28, NO. 02, August 29 , 2008 (Bhadra 13 2065 B.S.)
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PAINTING
Amalgam- 2008
Participated by renowned Nepalese and foreign artists, the exhibition displayed interesting art works
By A CORRESPONDENT
Every artist has his or her own way of creating. Some prefer to paint on nature but other choose the social theme and trauma. Some paint on abstract and others choose figurative way. However, all art involve the creative imagination of artists.
At a time when the country has been passing through transformation of political order, the observation made by various artists are interesting to watch. Of course, their themes are varied. There are social problems and challenges as well as the beauty of nature and social upheavals; the artists have covered all the areas.
Some paintings tell the trauma of human beings, others express the tragedy. Paintings exhibited at the wall of Siddhartha Art Gallery combine all kinds of imagination of artists.
Organized by Siddhartha Art Gallery, AMALGAM- 2008 is the first of its kind of art exhibition where one can see the art works of internationally renowned Nepalese and foreign artists under one roof.
It offered a lot of choices for the art lovers to see and read the observation of various artists' imagination and their perfections in explaining the themes.
From Shashi Shah and Shashikala Tiwari to Kiran Manandhar, Ragini Upadhyay- Greela, Govinda Dangol to Uma Shanker Shah, the paintings of the entire topmost Nepalese artists were depicted in the exhibition.
Nepalese artists in the exhibition include Asha Dangol, Ashmina Ranjit, Batsa Gopal Vaidya, Bhairaja Maharjan, Binod Pradhan, Birendra Pratap Singh, Chirag Bangdel, Dil Bahadur Chitrakar, Durga Baral and Lina Tamrakar.
Other artists include Govinda Dangol, Gyanmani Ray, Hare Ram Joju, Jasmina Rajbhandari, Jwala Shah, Kailash Shrestha, Kiran Baniya, Kiran Manandhar, Laxman Karmacharya, Madan Chitrakar, Manish Lal Shrestha, Kukesh Shrestha, Naryan Bohaju, Pradip Bajracharya, Pramila Bajracharya, Rabindra Kumar Shrestha, Ragini Upadhyay-Greela, and Ratan Rai.
The exhibition also includes creations of SC Suman, Sanjeev Maharjan, Seema Sharma Shah, Shreejan Rajbhandari, Shyam Lal Shrestha, Sudershan Rana, Sujan Chitrakar, Sunil Sigdel, Sunita Maharjan, Sunita Rana, Sushma Shakya, Ujjwal Kundan Jyapoo, Uma Shanker Shah and Vijay Thapa.
Along with Nepalese artist, there is also presentation of international artists. They include Celia Washington (UK), Gea Karhoff ( Netherlands), Mike Karajniak (USA), Nan Mulder ( Scotland), Pemba
( Lhasa), Prakash Chandwakar ( India), Soshana ( Austria), Wendy Marston ( Scotland) and Yuki Shirai ( Japan).
Inaugurated by eminent writer and educationist Dr. Abhi Subedi, the exhibition gave opportunity to all the art loving people of unprecedented show.
Thanks to the efforts of Sangita Thapa of Siddhartha Art Gallery, so many artists could be brought together.
Govinda Dangol's Ganesh and Shahi Shaha's horses and Ragni Upadhyay- Grela's paintings spoke volumes of political and social transformation. Kiran Manandhar's abstract painting in acrylic and Uma Shanker Shah's paintings presented varieties of themes. The exhibition will continue till August 31.
