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Ceramics exhibition at Siddhartha Art Gallery
KATHMANDU, Dec 13: Two ceramic work exhibitions titled ‘Nari Satranj’ and ‘Initiation I and II’ are being showcased at the Siddhartha Art Gallery, Baber Mahal.
‘Nari Satranj’ is a solo ceramic work exhibition featuring works of Goplal Kalapremi Shrestha that kicked off on December 10. According to Gopal, he has created all characters of satranj (chess) or buddhichal in Nepali for the exhibit. Each piece is made up with the mixture of Nepali clay from Thimi, the tarai region of Nepal, Kaolin (China clay) and ball clay. The size of these characters varies from 18 inches to two feet and weights between seven to 12 kilograms.
Shrestha said, “Chess is a political and social game, and I aim to bring out the present context of Nepal through my creations. As we don’t have many women participating in politics as well as in security agencies, so I decided to make all my characters female to show that women can contribute equally in these fields.”
Shrestha has made the chess characters in different biological stages, including pregnant women and women with babies to show that women can fight despite the added roles and responsibilities in their lives.
Both the exhibitions will continue till January 15, 2018.
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