Nepal down the ages: Standing still in the river of time

There are places we visit to look and there are places we visit to remember- even things we never lived. Nepal Down the Ages, Hari Prasad Sharma ’s art exhibition in Nepal Art Council, Babermahal felt like the latter. Not an art show, not a history lesson, it is something different, something quieter, like a dream someone else has dreamed and remembered it for you.

Sharma, who was born in a traditional Brahmin family but grew up closely observing the Newa community, paints with intimacy of someone who knows what it means to belong- and to observe. His surroundings became his muse, but it’s more than a simple act of recording. These are memory-scapes, woven from personal recollection, oral history, and old, weathered texts.