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The Lhapsa
Karma Tashi Gurung | Nepal
24 x 24 x 0.10 in
Oil on Canvas
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Food serves as the ultimate architect of culture and community within this artwork. The visual narrative explores how traditional recipes and ingredients act as living archives, preserving heritage and defining cultural identity across generations. Elevating this narrative further, the piece taps into the sacred dimension of nourishment. By portraying food as both a ritualistic offering and a shared blessing, the work reflects a profound spiritual harmony—reminding viewers of a mindful connection to the universe and turning everyday dining into an expression of gratitude.
The Lhapsa
These stacks of stones are known as trial markers and spiritual Structures as well. Found at mountain passes or summits, adorned with prayer flags (lungta). Purposely built to appease local mountain deities and ensure safe passage for travelers. Lungta symbolizes the "life force" and "inner wind" that carries prayers of peace, compassion, and well-being to all beings via the wind. Often, snow leopards were commonly seen from these passes while traveling. And, I have witnessed it when I was heading back to my village in 2020. So, I have just tried to captured that unforgettable moment of my life in the canvas
Everything within reach
A city corner shaped by accessibility and convenience, where daily needs are always close at hand. The space reflects the advantage of urban life, everything within reach, making everyday living easier and more supported. It carries a quiet sense of gratitude for the ease and facilities that make life more comfortable.
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Decaying Pillars stands as a portrait of support turned fragile, where strength erodes from within long before it collapses outward. What once held weight begins to falter, not from force, but from the slow infection of corruption and concealed rot. Mold spreads like truth denied, creeping to the surface, revealing what was always there but left unseen.
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" I am drawn to the spaces where memory lingers.. between landscape and settlement, between the organic and the constructed, between what is inherited and what is continually remade. My paintings emerge from an ongoing engagement with these intersections, seeking to understand how people shape places and, in turn, how places shape human experience. I am a multidisciplinary visual artist and architect based in Nepal. I received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the School of Planning and Architecture (SPA), New Delhi, where I developed a lasting interest in the relationship between space, culture, and lived experience. My architectural education continues to inform my artistic practice, particularly in the way I approach structure, rhythm, layering, and the spatial organization of visual narratives. Working across painting, drawing, and mixed media, I explore themes of landscape, memory, urban transformation, cultural continuity, and the evolving relationship between natural and human-made systems. My work often investigates how individuals navigate increasingly complex environments shaped by development, migration, technology, and changing cultural values. Observation and field research are central to my practice. Through travel, sketching, and direct engagement with landscapes, settlements, and everyday life, I gather visual and conceptual material that later finds expression in the studio. These experiences allow me to move between documentation and imagination, creating works that are rooted in lived reality while remaining open to metaphor and interpretation. In recent years, my work has expanded to engage with the cultural traditions and visual heritage of Nepal, exploring festivals, ritual practices, vernacular architecture, masks, and deities as living components of contemporary society. Rather than presenting these subjects as historical relics, I am interested in their continued transformation and relevance within present-day social and cultural life. Through my practice, I seek to create layered visual narratives that encourage reflection on memory, place, identity, and the ways in which cultural experience is continually negotiated and renewed. "
" Though my background is in sculpture, I also explores illustration, feeling both mediums are essential to express my artistic vision. At present, I am dedicated to research and experiment with ceramics to hone my clay-work skills. My work effectively blends spontaneous inspiration with deeper introspective themes, conveyed through a range of artistic forms. "
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" My artwork is inspired by my memories, the place where I belong, my culture, and the beauty found in ordinary and even broken spaces. Growing up in my homeland has shaped my artistic vision, allowing me to see beauty in everyday life, traditions, and the emotions connected to them. These personal experiences inspire me to preserve and share the stories of my roots through art. My work focuses on culture, daily life, and social themes, highlighting emotions and experiences that often go unnoticed. I work with a variety of mediums, including acrylic, watercolor, pen and ink, printmaking, and mixed media. Through my art, I aim to create an emotional connection with viewers and encourage them to reflect on culture, society, and human values "
" Suman Thapa's practice is subjective and process-oriented, treating the act of making as an artwork in itself, alongside the completed piece. His work follows the principle of "purposiveness without purpose," allowing intuition to guide the process rather than a predetermined intention. Drawing from action painting, the philosophy of Happenings, and the Zen notion of a beginner's mind, he enters a state of flow where gestures unfold naturally. Rather than imposing an image, he searches for the painting within the painting, responding to the movements and rhythms that emerge on the canvas through a continuous dialogue. Each work becomes a manifestation of presence, where intention gradually dissolves into the process of becoming. Ultimately, his practice is a contemplation of the relationship between the subconscious and conscious mind, expressed through the unfolding act of painting. "
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