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Artscape<br />

Animals Incarnation<br />

Batsa Gopal Baidya’s painting is symbolic and spiritual. This work is influence by the four animal incarnation from the Hindu myth<br />

“Dash Avatar”- Matsya Avatar, Kashhya Avatar, Barah Avatar and Narsimha Avatar. The images of the animals in the form of Avatar<br />

in his painting are symbolic where the artist has created by using the emboss technique from the recycle papers and textures. The<br />

atmosphere of the background is spiritual by using the religious symbols, sharp and triangular mountain, river which also gives the<br />

feelings of the artist’s love for the nature.<br />

Asha Dangol<br />

Batsa Gopal Baidya: Born in Saugal, Lalitpur in 1946 AD, Batsa Gopal Baidya received his Govt. Diploma in Painting from Sir<br />

J. J. School of Art, Mumbai, India and also did a special course on Print Making from the same college. He is one of the Founder<br />

Member of SKIB-71. His selected honor and awards includes: 1st Prize in National Art exhibition organized by Nepal Association<br />

of Fine Arts in 1970, Gold Medal in first Biennale Exhibition in Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1981, Gorkha Dakshin Bahu 4th by HMG in<br />

1993, Birendra Aishworya Padak in 2003 and Rashtriya Pratibha Puraskar in 2006.<br />

February <strong>2017</strong> <strong>SPACES</strong> / 77

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