Manuj babu mishra (2 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Edge wear. Small tear to jacket. Clean, unmarked pages.

In the Eye of the Storm - based on the drawings of the artist Manuj Babu Mishra. Fully illustrated, fullpage, many in colour. - Hardcover, with fine DJ - dedication and signed by the author and artist! 112 S. isbn 9789937208024 - In the Eye of the Storm, a comprehensive read by Sangeeta Thapa, the curator of the Siddhartha Art Gallery at Babar Mahal Revisited, was recently launched in colligation with a display of Manuj Babu Mishra's rare drawings and paintings at the Revisited gallery. While the exhibition, which shares the same title, concentrates more on Mishra's years of self-imposed confinement, the book, published by Nepal Investment Bank, is more a monograph than a catalogue, and offers, in exhaustive detail, the entirety of Mishra's extraordinary life, which spans nearly eight decades. In recent years, Mishra is probably best known, at least in the art world, as an artist living in solitude, creating the impression of an introvert working within a set of strict limitations. It seems a miracle that such a vast array of paintings by this hermit, who has lived in self-imposed exile for the last two decades, is now on exhibit. All these years, a curiosity has gripped art lovers: what forced the artist to live beyond the reaches of the world? And even more, how has this gallery now managed to get hold of his rare work? Meanwhile, those who know the man by name alone question: what is it that makes his work stand out.…