Tag: #paubha
Articles tagged with #paubha
Artful devotion
Bhaktapur artists pay homage to faith, myth and heritage in meticulous paubha paintings
Five Decades of Lok Chitrakar
The art of making the invisible visible through paubha
The wheel of time and thought
Krishna Bhakta Dangol, "What makes us fight", Acrylic on terracotta. All Photos: MONIKA DEUPALA.There is a widely circulated image of King…
Golden deities
This week Siddhartha Art Gallery brings to us the rare opportunity to view the works of two celebrated Tibetan thangka artists, Tenzing Dhargay…
New Newa art
Sewa BhattaraiBodhisattva gallery has been active in documenting and preserving Kathmandu Valley’s traditional art, and is now back with its…
Melding expressions
In Sheelasha Rajbhandari’s painting, a boar holds a big round object in its tusks as it emerges from the water. The image suggests Lord Vishnu’s…
The life and times of Arniko
The cultural legacy of Nepal’s famous son can still be seen across East Asia An artist's rendering of the White Dagoba (stupa) built by Arniko,…
Sacred survival
Exhibition showcases contemporary Nepali Thangka and Paubha painters Muna Photos: Michael GordonWalk into most Paubha or Thangka shops in Thamel…
Old art meets new
In the land of magnificent traditional artforms like Paubha and Thanka, some connoisseurs may not even know about Nepal’s burgeoning…