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Kathmandu Triennale
This year’s Kathmandu Triennale conceives the city as a platform and working ground for artists, the context in which most artistic practices are rooted.
The title of the Kathmandu Triennale “My City, My Studio / My City, My Life” reflects the strong and complex interaction between art and life in this city. The studio, as the symbolic locus for the artistic practice, is exchanged for the city. The city as a platform and working ground for artists, the context in which most artistic practices are rooted.
Today, Kathmandu is a city where the challenges of tradition and modernity meet. Through the heavy pollution and dense traffic of this wonderful city, one still finds plenty of moments where ancient traditions (religious and other) organize life. The city of Kathmandu is an exceptional and inspiring research station where artists from Nepal and other countries can develop their work independent of the burden of the art world.
The exhibition therefore articulates the multiple and complex interrelations between the artist and his practice and the city as a metaphor for life. Kathmandu as a framework, as a piece of chequered paper to which the artists contribute, add visions and ideas to complement the organic growth of the city.
24 March – 9 April 2017 Kathmandu Triennale
curated by Philippe Van Cauteren
Kathmandu, Nepal