9. Sept 2014
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ARTSPACE<br />
PEOPLE<br />
BEING BAKED<br />
AND SOLD<br />
text ASHA DANGOL<br />
artworks GOPAL KALAPREMI SHRESTHA<br />
Mirror of his own perception about<br />
the Man’s desires, this Raku<br />
Fire Ceramic artworks were created<br />
during the 2 nd Kathmandu International<br />
Art Festival. He believes that we are<br />
born free but we chain ourselves<br />
with the shackles of desires. He has<br />
designed his artworks from the cycle’s<br />
chain cover and the characters were<br />
developed from mythical male heroes.<br />
The Artist<br />
Gopal Kalapremi Shrestha<br />
(b. 1965) is an award-winning<br />
ceramic artist from Kathmandu.<br />
He has earned his bachelor’s in<br />
Fine Art from Lalit Kala Campus<br />
and has ten solo shows to his<br />
credit in Nepal and India. He<br />
has participated in a number of<br />
group art exhibitions. The selected art camps he<br />
was involved in are: Nepal- Bangladesh Art Camp,<br />
Nepal, 1997; Khoj Residency, India, 2003; SAARC<br />
Ceramic Art Camp, Sri Lanka, 1985; Asian Mater<br />
Network Program, South Korea, 2008. He has<br />
authored several books on clay art and sculpture<br />
techniques. He is a lecturer at Centre for Art and<br />
Design, Kathmandu University.<br />
SEPTEMBER <strong>2014</strong> / 63
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