A graceful Frida Kahlo painting welcomes visitors to Ishan Pariyar’s solo show at GG Machan in Pulchok. Wearing a traditional Nepali garb, Kahlo sits on a boat, hands on her lap, looking on, beside a lotus flower sprouting out of the boat itself, solemn and pensive—for someone not familiar with this Mexican folk artist, she may come across as just another attractive woman from the western hills. Titled, Welcome to My Land Frida Kahlo, this piece—one of the thirteen in the show—grows more intriguing as one lingers on it and explores the background: there are four boys, with hands and legs spread out, perhaps as a gesture of welcome.
Three other works feature a human figure and one of them is a portrait of Mona Lisa, in the aptly named piece, Mona Lisa in My Boat. The iconic figure is sat on a boat that looks like the ones that roam the premises of Phewa Lake. Mona Lisa is donning a haku patasi, and one wonders if she has lost some weight. The Nepali version of the famous painting was first conjured by late Manuj Babu Mishra, and Pariyar says that the work was made as a tribute to the late artist.
In another painting called Conversion II (a couple figure inspired by Gustav Klimt’s painting, The Kiss), a couple is enjoying their privacy in the background while a few boats lay scattered in the foreground. Titled Ethos of Surrounding, the exhibition feature work which according to the artist,“are about the ups and downs of life that is intensified by the visualization of the surroundings”. Pariyar grew up in Pokhara, the lake city, and as an artist who highly values social and environmental issues, he tends to take inspiration from his immediate surroundings.
It should be noted that the painting Welcome to My Land Frida Kahlo is not simply a tribute but also a satirical work. As Pariyar explains, “it takes an international celebrity to come to Nepal for the city to be developed and clean, that is why I have named the painting as such.”
In conversation, Pariyar associates navigating boats on a river with navigating through the flow of existence. In life, boats are vehicles for people, in Pariyar’s paintings these vehicles carry his messages across to viewers. An empty boat might represent unspoken things while a mass of empty boats, aimlessly floating, carry with them a sense of desolation and abandonment—but perhaps I am reading too far in.
Ethos of Surroundings will be on at GG Machaan until September 30.
Text Courtesy: Timothy Aryal
About the exhibition
The exhibition titled “ETHOS OF SURROUNDING” by the Artist Ishan Pariyar was started from 9th September. His artwork has been displayed in the various exhibitionss both in the national and international levels. The purpose of this event will be to showcase his art and provide a platform for the artist to connect with the art lovers. The exhibition was inaugurated by His Excellency Amjad Hussain B. Sial Secretary General of SAARC.
In this exhibition, 13 paintings painted Acrylic on canvas have been displayed. varied from small 20×20 inch to 48×48 inch price range of 25,000/- to 1,25,000/- including in the show.
Details of the event are listed below.
Venue-GG Machaan, Pulchowk, Damkal Road, Lalitpur
Date of Exhibition – 9th to 30th September 2018
Opening hour-11 AM to 7 PM
Artist Contact Details – +9779849607233
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/ishanpariyar/
Email – ishan.pariyar@gmail.com
4th Solo Art Exhibition
4th Solo Art Exhibition
A Brief Profile of the Artist
Ishan Pariyar (born 1984) is a visual artist who has earned his MFA Degree in Painting from Central Department of Fine Art, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu in 2013. He is the recipient of ‘National Fine Art Award’ by Nepal Academy of Fine Art, ‘Creative Young Artist Award’ by Shiddhi Setuli Pratisthan, ‘Sita Shree Talent Award’ by Pant Memorial Academy, ‘Prashanta Memorial Scholarship Talent Award’ by Prashanta Memorial Society and numerous art prizes. He has three solo shows to his credit.
His artwork has been selected to be an exhibit in 18th Asian Art Biennale at Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka Bangladesh. He was selected in AIR_MCUBE artist in residence by Gallery MCUBE in 2014, ‘Artists Residency Program’ by Bindu space for artists’ in 2012.
He has participated in National/International art exhibitions including National Exhibition of Fine Arts by NAFA since 2006, Himalayan Art Festival by E Arts Nepal, Nepali Magic -featuring Art and Impressions from Kathmandu and Himalayas in VA USA, ‘Nepali Pasal’ the Nepali Shop at Asia Kula Kula ring, Asia Culture Center in Gwangju South Korea, ‘Imago Mundi Nepal Collection’ exhibition at Taragaon Museum, Boudha Kathmandu, ‘Art for Nature’ Relief fund for Wildlife Victims RFWV & EBA Project at Nepal Art Council, Kathmandu, ‘Shraddhanjali’ Asia Level Art Show, AAO in Orissa India, ‘Nepali Watercolor Painting’ by Nepal Academy of Fine Arts, 6th ‘Incubarte International Art Festival’ in Spain, “7th , 8th, 9th & 10th Park Art Fair” and ‘return to nature’ an art excursion and exhibition by Park Gallery.
Participated in art workshops like ‘Experiment in Watercolor’, International Watercolor Society (IWS) Nepal, Conservation Art Tour 2070 by National Trust for Nature Conservation (ACAP) in Kaski, NCELL Kalajatra by Kathmandu Contemporary Art Center, ‘Federal Life’ workshop & exhibition by UNDP and Kathmandu University, CRACK International Art Camp in Bangladesh, ‘Techne’ kala’: enriching art practices through research by Lasanaa, Collaborative art workshop and research by Bindu space for artists’, Running with cameras’ video-art workshop by Sutra.
He is also a proficient performance artist who has participated in 18th NIPAF ASIA series (Nippon International Performance Art Festival) in Tokyo, Osaka & Nagano Japan in 2015, Kolkata International Performance Art festival India in 2014, Expression Expedition by Luna Poets at TU, Kathmandu, Kathmandu International Performance Art Festival 2016 and series of Performance Art in Kathmandu organized by Bindu space for artist since 2013.
Currently, he is working and living in Kathmandu.
online Links about the exhibition
http://e.myrepublica.com/epaper/src/epaper.php?id=3008#page/14
https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/mona-lisa-in-haku-patasi/
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