Bikalpa Art Center’s first pop-up exhibit titled ‘Pop-up Summer Art Exhibition’ cherishes the onset of summer. The exhibition brings together art pieces of six renowned Nepali artists: Chirag Bangdel, Rajan Pant, Umesh Shah, Uma Shanker Shah, Seema Sharma Shah and Sushma Shakya. Each artwork narrates a distinct story. According to curator/director Saroj Mahato, the objective is to highlight the significance of local art and bring it to the common people.
The goal is also to create a platform to celebrate Nepali contemporary art and to promote Nepali art and culture. The art pieces differ in their styles, patterns and techniques used such as etching, oil on canvas and acrylic on canvas. The contents cover a wide range of subjects, from phases of human life to mythological aspects from “The Ramayana” and “The Mahabharata” to human nature.
The exhibition is also great opportunity for art admirers and art collectors to enrich their personal collections.
Artist Umesh Shah’s acrylic on canvas paintings, “Hidden reality” and “Behind the mask” impersonate the emotions of the people, each of whom is wearing a mask and concealing his genuine feelings. Says Shah, “My artwork is highly influenced by Mithila and Ancient Egyptian Art. I try to show the everyday life of ordinary people in the 21st century in my work.”
Due to our growing fascination with western culture we are inadvertently abandoning our roots. This exhibition is a reminder of what we are losing out in the process. The show runs through till 21 June 2019, from 10 am to 6 pm.
