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Above: The geometrical proportions in
this painting is a sight for sore eyes.
Right: The closeness of a mother and
her child is emphasized by the sheltered
repose beneath the falling rain.
Bangladesh, where, in addition to the
exhibition becoming a success, one of
Shyam Lal’s canvases fetched a sum of
Rs.45000.00. “The art scene in Bangladesh
is remarkably well organized,” he says.
“Here, even if there has been an upsurge,
we still have to go a long way.” He adds,
“And although there are many art galleries,
very few really are able and have similar
capacity. In fact Siddhartha Art Gallery, I
would say, is one of the few that is well
managed. Park Gallery is another.”
Born in 1946 in Bhotahity, Kathmandu,
Shyam Lal received his Diploma in Fine
Arts in 1969 from Lalit Kala Campus and
went on to have a string of successful (solo
and group) exhibitions from 1965
onwards. Besides Nepal, his works have
been displayed in many foreign shores
including India, Bangladesh, USA, Italy,
Japan, Russia and Turkey. The artist takes
pride in the fact that he has had the
opportunity to learn under the late Lain
Singh Bangdel and is specially fond of
recollecting what the former Chancellor
of the Royal Nepal Academy had to say
about one exhibition, ‘Expression’, in 2000,
‘…Once a powerful and successful water
colour artist…he exhibited his water
colours with a mastery of flow, strokes,
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