Illuminating the Divine: Part-I

Illuminating the Divine: Part-I

Dear Hive People
Today I like to introduce to you one of the extra-ordinary exhibitions that I have ever seen and I am proud that I am also part of that exhibition. The exhibition was held at Chennai Dakchinachitra the living museum in India. I will surely tell you more about the museum later. But for now, late me talk about “Illuminating the divine”.

What is Illuminating the divine?

It’s mean the way to influence human thoughts by the divine assistant. It is one of the oldest and most influential theories of mind. I think that’s why the curator of this exhibition Stephen Truax Eckerd choose this name. I am working with him since 2010 as his teaching assistant and he is also my inspiration. I also worked with him another exhibition named “Earthquake Nepal 2015” Which is sponsored by the Archaeology department of Jahangirnagar University in Bangladesh.

Thanka Paintings

Though you are most welcome to view this film at one sitting, "illuminating the Divine" is a series of short films designed to introduce both the history and the technique of creating Buddhist paintings in Nepal for students in all grade levels from elementary school through graduate study. The intent is to stimulate interest in the subject and provide teachers at all levels of study and college professors an opportunity to expand on the subject as it relates to the course being taught and the learning level of the students. Topics include sacred geometry, iconography, continuity, and change in style and technique from the 11th century to the 21st century. the revival of the style of Newari painting that defined Nepali art for over paintings. and bringing Western perspectives and techniques to the traditional creation of traditional paintings for meditation and worship.

The contemporary art scene in Nepal is perhaps the most dynamic in the history of Nepal and is now receiving international attention. It is the pleasure of the Nepali artists and the filmmakers to share with you this exhibition of original works of art and films that document the culture that
inspires their creation of 700 years, the recent acceptance of women into traditional thangka school and their potential impact on the development of new styles in Nepal, and the way many contemporary artists trained in college fine arts degree programs are incorporating traditional symbols into contemporary.

This exhibition is curated by Stephen assist by mew and one of the artist’s names is Rajan Sangachhen whose life story already shared in my previous post. There also many peoples from the Dakshinachitra Museum without their help it was not possible to make this exhibition successful. There were 54 paintings for the display of several artists. All these paintings are painted by Nepali famous artists. And all of them are very popular in Nepal. Some of the paintings are very old and valuable. Some of the artist of the painting named artist Anonymous as we don’t know about the artists. This exhibition held in Kadambari Gallery on January 11, 2020, through February 10, 2020. Artworks in the exhibition in the possession of the artists and in the private collection of Stephen Eckerd.

list of the artist

Amir Shakya
Bikash Kalikote
Sunder Shrestha
Probesh Rai
Rajan Sangacher
Robi Shrestha
Rajkumar Ranamagar
Lok Chitrakar
Suzit Maharjan
Shrowan Shakya
Mukti Singh Thapa
Gyan Bahakta Lama
Surya Bahadur Lama

This is for today I will discuss more the exhibition “Illuminating The Devine” and more details about all the artists and their paintings. Stay tuned for Illuyminatimng the divine part-2. I hope you like my post. Have a lovely day. Thanks for reading my article.