KATHMANDU: Nepali and Bangladeshi artists attempt to explore the feelings and experiences of women along with other things at a group art exhibition 'Saayno Being Together' that began on September 24 at the Classic Gallery, Pulchowk.

Four Nepali artists — Sunita Maharjan, Hitara Rai, Namrata Singh and Kunti Shree Thapa Magar along with Bangladeshi artist Jublee Dewan are a part of the exhibition. These artists have dealt with happiness, pain, suffering, space, struggles among others through their artwork in various media.

Maharjan, without showcasing any human traces, has created landscapes using textile — it signifies the space of humans. She has used various coloured textiles to create works that give an impression of landmarks when seen from above.

In one of her works, she has used cloth pieces in pink, grey, yellow, white, brown and more. They are stitched together in geometric forms like rectangle, square and lines giving a feel of patterns similar to landmarks with fields, roads, ditches, et cetera.

Dewan has used black ink on white background to draw figures of women, clouds, rain and so on. And she has also used red thread that stitches the pieces of white paper to form female figures. Through this she has shown the struggles of women in their life — no matter what happens in their life, women are always ready to carry on with life.

Likewise, Thapa Magar in one of her paintings has ignited the feeling of hope, using woman as her motif. In one of her paintings ‘Hope’, she has painted a woman’s portrait in grey. From the disfigured portrait in the black background, colourful butterflies — in the shades of pink, green, yellow, purple, grey, et cetera are flying all around.

Singh, using acrylic on canvas, has showcased happy moods of women. In her paintings she has used motifs from Mithila art such as woman, man, swan, flower, cow, geometrical patterns, et cetera to depict the joyful moments in a woman’s life.

Then Rai using printmaking technique and etching, has created mandalas, Buddha and more.

The exhibition is on till November 5.