Wandering and wondering in spaces within

Wind Horse Gallery’s latest exhibition ‘Spaces Within’ provides a glimpse into the minds of two artists—Pooja Duwal and Diki Yuthok—and what art means for them.

Beauty in the ordinary is often always overlooked. That is why structures of homes and the spaces amid them in Bhaktapur are what Pooja Duwal, a visual artist, chooses to explore—to find innate beauty in the ordinary that we often unsee. In her plein air oil paintings, one can almost hear people’s stories, of them moving around, waiting for their families to come back home, preparing food, or just the quiet of the homes waiting for everyone to return. Duwal’s paintings put at rest our busy minds; they feel like images we have known and felt.