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VOL. 27, NO. 26, March 07, 2008 (Falgun 24 2064 B.S.)
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Double Vision
Four prominent artists – two Dutch and two Nepalis –display their paintings at the exhibition
By A CORRESPONDENT
Although four artists took part in the exhibition and that, too, coming from different countries and different cultures, what they had in common was the understanding of the world and their vision on the elements and things they see.
This is what one can see in the art exhibition of two Nepalis and two Dutch artists where they have shown their talent as well as imagination about different cultures and society.
Two artists Nan Mulder and Gea Karhof, from the Netherlands and Ragini Upadhyaya and Seema Shah from Nepal have different tastes and styles of paintings. But what is common among them is their imagination about the things in the world.
In Double Vision, an exhibition, which includes paintings of four artists, they visualize different cultures. The concept behind the present exhibition was initiated in 2004 when Mulder and Karhof had visited Nepal to see Tibetan Stupas.
This joint international exhibition has earlier been held in Opey Eye Gallery, Scotland and Kunstcentrum Haarlem. This is the concluding show of the series.
Although the artists have their own culture and surroundings, they found some common theme for their paintings. Besides the medium, the goddess Kumari is something that is common in works of the four artists.
Having a long experience of traveling to different parts of the world, two Artists both Karhof and Mulder have picked up cultures of different places. They included elements of various countries in their paintings.
Similarly, Nepal's two prominent artists Ragini and Shah too have their own ways of paintings. One of the important parts of the exhibition was that the work of all artists realistic and not abstract. All the primary colors, red, black and golden were predominant in the arts of Nepalese artist.
Organized by Siddhartha Gallery and inaugurated by Royal Netherlands honorary counsel Hands Heijdra, the exhibition will be there till March 15.
UNMIN CHOPPER CRASH
The United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) has stated that seven UN staffs – including three Nepali nationals – have died in the crash of its helicopter in Ramechhap district on Monday (Mar 3). Other reports said that apart from the seven UN staffs, three crew members were also killed. Some reports have quoted police as saying there were 12 passengers on board the ill-fated chopper traveling from Dudhauli of Sindhuli district to Kathmandu when it crashed over Bethan village at around 4 pm.
"With deep sorrow, UNMIN is able to confirm the identities of the three Nepali UN personnel who died in the helicopter crash in Ramechhap district yesterday, after having notified the families of the deceased. Bhim Bahadur Gurung and Rabindra Khaniya were liaison officer and language assistant respectively with the UNMIN Arms Monitoring Office; Rajesh Maharjan was an UNMIN vehicle mechanic. Four international arms monitors died in the accident, from Gambia, Indonesia, the Republic of Korea and Sweden. The air crew, from a Russian company, comprised two Russians and one Belarussian," states a press release issued by UNMIN on Tuesday morning.
"The United Nations has notified the respective Permanent Missions of each of the countries of deceased UN international personnel, and they are in the process of contacting the families. An UNMIN team left Kathmandu by road last night and is now at the accident site. Investigation is primarily a matter for Nepal's Civil Aviation Authority, with the participation of UNMIN and the aircraft company," the release further states.
The UNMIN has said that it is in the process of recovering the remains of the deceased so that they can be returned to Kathmandu at the earliest opportunity, and has said it will make all necessary arrangements to ensure that the wishes of the families in this matter are facilitated.
"On behalf of the Secretary-General, I express my deepest condolences to the families of the deceased. They died while working to sustain peace in Nepal, and UNMIN will continue in the midst of this tragedy to apply its best efforts to this purpose," said Ian Martin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Nepal.
