Bishal Manandhar (Artist)
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      • "Emotional Walls" ..... what left behind.....
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      • 2017, "80th Exhibition" at The Polish Museum of America
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      • 2006 2nd Annual Art Exhibition, a connection …with you II…, Oath present
      • 2004 1st Annual Art Exhibition, a connection …with you I…, Oath present
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      • 12-18 years -- "Nepali Heritage and Culture" Art Exhibition - NEPALI MELA
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    • 2017 >
      • 80th Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture
      • Cultural Bridge 2017
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      • WONDER - Group Art Show @ CAD
      • The Taragaon Museum "Emotional Walls"
      • Bikalpa Art Center (BAC) - "RUSTED IMPRESSION"
      • BAC Residence Exhibition
    • 2015 >
      • Park Art Fair, 2015
      • University of Chicago - "Nepal Recovery Art Exhibition", 2015
    • 2014 >
      • Studio O - "Who's Afraid of Red!", 2014
      • Park Art Fair, 2014
      • Open Center for the Arts, 2014
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"Behind Closed Doors"  (Photo Gallery)

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Park Gallery Collection

Solo Exhibition - 2011
A Portal Connecting a Unit to a Whole

Doors are an expression of humans’ sophisticated advancement. It is a structure to close off the entrance to their territory. It is used to seclude themselves and their belongings from strangers. However, in this exhibition, Bishal’s doors are an invitation to the public in to his creative realm; because doors also have an aesthetic meaning in creating an impression of what lies beyond.

In Nepal, doors traditionally have a ritualistic meaning. The doors of temples and sanctuaries have great significance. Here, Bishal has skillfully amalgamated the traditional perception with the modern sophisticated purposes of doors in his artworks. The artworks in this exhibition display various images of doors, mostly old doors that can be seen in temples and old and traditional houses.  It is believed that the earliest records of doors are those represented in the paintings of the Egyptian tombs. Archaeologists in Switzerland have found a 5,000 year old door. However, when anything is brought into new surroundings, then it is bound to adapt, evolve and bear unique features of its own because of the influence of the surroundings. This exhibition can also be understood as a documentation of the varied doors that are found in Kathmandu valley.  

Closed doors usually arouse a secretive fascination. And secrets are the information that are stored in the deep psyche of an individual. Therefore, the representation of doors indicates how individualistic Bishal is. On the other hand he is not representing just any door, but he is depicting traditional doors. Depiction of traditional doors, according to Bishal is a homage to his traditional values. And traditional values and cultural occurrences are a collective phenomenon. Hence, his art is indeed an absolute combination of individuality and collectivity. Now it remains to be seen how many doors Bishal will  unlock in his mind to reach the imaginative space in order to merge with the concept of Creation.  


 

Saroj Bajracharya - Painter


Park Gallery, Pulchowk, Lalitpur, Nepal. # 5522307

Number Door
Old House Door
Old Door in the City
Door to Heaven
Three Ply Doors
Door and Lock
Four Step Door
Temple Door I
Half Door Open
Lock on Temple Door
Step Door Lock
Bhote Talcha
Door Handles I
Temple Door II
Old Door in Use
Door Handles III
NAFA’s Door
Old Temple Lock
Old Lock on Green Door
Two Lock System
Underground Temple Lock

Thank You
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