Students’ impressive printmaking
KATHMANDU: The wall of Park Gallery at Pulchowk from June 10 has been full of artworks made by BFA 2nd year students of Kathmandu University School of Arts Centre for Art and Design.
Twenty five students have created prints using three basic print techniques — Woodcut, Linocut and Mono-print. The group exhibition titled ‘Initiation’ focuses on architecture and portraits where pagoda styled temples and even the wood carving designs on temple’s pillars and historical buildings have become the major motif for the students. Portraits of hermit, woman, man and more are also the part of the exhibition.
The artworks displayed have aesthetic beauty by the use of printing colours in balance. The colours used are neat and the combination of different shades created are flawless.
Printmaking is a tedious work where to get a precise shade the artist should start the process from the beginning. The students have learnt the process of printmaking under the guidance of artist/ lecturer Sushma Shakya and Bijaya Maharjan at the university.
In Sanjay Tamrakar’s ‘Babaji’ he has used Monotype. Using the black and white hues he has created a holy man exhaling smoke. Meanwhile, in Sharmila Hengwoju’s ‘Getting Late’ with black and white colours using Woodcut, children are running where the setting seems like a fairyland with magical trees.
Likewise, Bikash Man Shakya in ‘Taleju’ using Linocut created the temple Taleju in blue, white and black colours. And Dawa Omu Lama has created ‘Baal Mandir’ using Woodcut where the architectural beauty of Baal Mandir is created in the shades of white, blue, brown and more.
About the exhibition, Shakya shares, “This is the initial phase of the students working on printmaking and technique wise they have done their best using complimentary colours.”
Prabha Napit, one of the students/artists expresses, “Working in printmaking is a challenge where you have to be very careful. And it is also important that one should maintain a colour balance.”
The exhibition is on till June 16.
