Tag: #mithila art
Articles tagged with #mithila art
Pilgrimage to the Mithila cosmos
Indigenous art form from Mithila gets an added new dimension at ongoing exhibition
The dreamscape of Mithila art
Photos: SUMAN NEPALI‘Colors of Shared Dreams’ at Nepal Art Council is an act of transference, most notably of the millennia-old traditions of…
Between an ancient past and anxious future
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALAS C Suman’s 18th solo exhibition Mithila Cosmos: The Cycles of Time is the sixth in a series that juxtaposes traditional…
How art empowers Nepal’s women
All photos: MONIKA DEUPALAManjula Thakur was married at age 12. By the time she was 20, she had three children. At 32, she still did not know…
Vibrant Mithila art thrives in Nepal
Centuries-old art form allows female artists to gain international recognition, and income
Modern Mithila art that bares injustice
Ranju Yadav’s modern take on traditional art injects progressive messaging into Mithila art adorning households in the Nepal Tarai as she…
Leaving an imprint
Photos: SEWA BHATTARAIPrintmaking is as old as Nepal's history itself, and printmakers have brought fame to the country by winning many…
Mithila art with a message
Photos: PRAKRITI KANDELArtist Ranju Yadav grew up in a village of Rajbiraj of Saptari, and learned Mithila art from her mother, grandmother and…