Kathmandu Triennale 2017

Artists: Lida Abdul, Waseem Ahmed, Leonardiansyah Allenda, Francis Alÿs, Kader Attia, Leyla Aydoslu, Massimo Bartolini, Kasper Bosmans, Ricardo Brey, Michael Candy, Sujan Chitrakar, Paulo Climachauska, Honoré d’O, Sujan Dangol, Saurganga Darshandhari, Gerry De Smet, Ronny Delrue, Anno Dijkstra, Song Dong, Peter Downsborough, Belu Simion Fainaru, Alice Fox, Shilpa Gupta, Hit Man Gurung, Majd Abdel Hamid, Laxman Karmacharya, Bidhata KC, Lee Kit, Surasi Kusolwong, Laxman Bazra Lama, Mani Lama, Mekh Limbu, Tayeba Begum Lipi, Bart Lodewijks, Jorge Macchi, Sanjeev Maharjan, Sunita Maharjan, Youdhister Maharjan, Youdhister Maharjan, Kiran Maharjan, Ciprian Muresan, Oscar Murillo, Sana Nasir, Daniel Arthur Panjwaneey, Jupiter Pradhan, Mahbubur Rahman, Tushikur Rahman, Sheelasha Rajbhandari, Ashmina Ranjit, Michael Ross, Salam Atta Sabri, Mithu Sen, Ang Tsherin Sherpa, Bikash Shrestha, Karan Shrestha, Prithvi Shrestha, Kailash K Shrestha, Kailash K Shrestha, Manish Lal Shrestha, Birendra Pratap Singh, Nedko Solakov, S.C. Suman, Setsu Suzuki, Masae Suzuki, Diana Tamane, Kunjan Tamang, Javier Tellez, Pratima Thakali, Bhuwan Thapa, Martin Travers, Carole Vanderlinden, Henk Visch, Lois Weinberger, Lois Weinberger

Curated by: Philippe Van Cauteren

Venue: Kathmandu Triennale, Kathmandu, Nepal

Date: March 24 – April 9, 2017

Photography: all images copyright and courtesy of the artists and Kathmandu Triennale

Note: Kathmandu Triennale booklet can be found here

Kathmandu Triennale is Nepal’s premier international platform for global contemporary art. It is the latest iteration of the pioneering Kathmandu International Art Festival (KIAF), which nurtured several historical outcomes for Nepali arts and the city of Kathmandu. Like the precursory Festivals (2009, 2012), the Triennale is thematically engaged with particular social issues and seeks to advance a nuanced approach that encapsulates the pedagogical potential of contemporary arts.

The mission of the platform is to promote Nepali arts and culture and to establish Kathmandu as a cultural hub for socially aware art practices.

Through the facilitation of the platform, organizer Siddhartha Arts Foundation (SAF) employs the arts to present multiple perspectives on contemporary themes in order to educate audiences and engage society in critical dialogue.

Manish Lal Shrestha, Project 1336m, 2017

Diana Tamane, Mom, 2016

Bart Lodewijks, installation view at Kathmandu Triennale, 2017

Javier Tellez, Letter on the Blind, for the Use of Those Who See, 2007 (film still)

Jorge Macchi, Central Kathmandu, 2017

S.C. Suman, Jhaap, 2017

Lois Weinberger, installation view at Kathmandu Triennale, 2017

Lois Weinberger, Untitled, 2017

Ronny Delrue, Sanjeev Maharjan, Dialogue depth, 2017

Song Dong, Mandala City for Eating, 2017

Alice Fox, Taxi Guff Gaff KTM, 2016

Belu Simion Fainaru, Bhadgaunle Topi for Nothingness, 2016

Belu Simion Fainaru, Presence and Absence, 2017

Belu Simion Fainaru, Ways to tie your city, 2017

Belu Simion Fainaru, Presence and Absence, 2017

Belu Simion Fainaru, Ways to tie your city, 2017

Belu Simion Fainaru, Black Milk, 2016

Belu Simion Fainaru, A flower that smiles, evoking a smile that flowers, 2016

Belu Simion Fainaru, Ways to tie your city, 2017

Francis Alÿs, Patan Walk (walks in cities), 2017

Francis Alÿs, Paradox of Praxis 1, 1997

Anno Dijkstra, Appearance, 2017

Anno Dijkstra, Blurred View smashed into Clear Pieces, 2017

Shilpa Gupta, Map tracing #3 – NPL, 2017

Shilpa Gupta, Map tracing #4 – IN, 2017

Pratima Thakali, The Glimpse of Contact, 2017

Kiran Maharjan, 7 Moderate sins, 2017

Prithvi Shrestha, Pillow (Takiya), 2017

Ricardo Brey, Dust bathing, 2017

Sujan Chitrakar, ASON, 2017

Paulo Climachauska, Together, 2017

Henk Visch, installation view at Kathmandu Triennale, 2017

Leyla Aydoslu, installation view at Kathmandu Triennale, 2017

Salam Atta Sabri, ‘Letters from Baghad’, 2013-ongoing

Nedko Solakov, Sharing Fears, 2017

Nedko Solakov, installation view at Kathmandu Triennale, 2017

Bhuwan Thapa, Purna Kalasha (Full/Complete vessel), 2017

Mekh Limbu, installation view at Kathmandu Triennale, 2017

Leonardiansyah Allenda, Alter Numbers, 2017

Setsu Suzuki, Taue Project, ongoing

Jupiter Pradhan, The Ring, 2017

Lee Kit, Something You Can’t Leave Behind, 2017

Majd Abdel Hamid, In Search of the Miraculous, 2017

Sheelasha Rajbhandari, I still see that old house of ours in my dream, 2017

Ang Tsherin Sherpa, installation view at Kathmandu Triennale, 2017

Bikash Shrestha, The City, Sustainability and Progress all preach High Rises and High Tech, 2017

Sunita Maharjan, Open spaces, 2016

Karan Shrestha, this centre, off-centre/(drawing/triptych) history is present tense, 2017

Karan Shrestha, Eveything at centre is a little off, 2017

Carole Vanderlinden, installation view at Kathmandu Triennale, 2017

Tayeba Begum Lipi, Unveiling Womanhood, 2017

Waseem Ahmed, installation view at Kathmandu Triennale, 2017

Bidhata KC, installation view at Kathmandu Triennale, 2017

Saurganga Darshandhari, Mero Aama ko Thaili (My mother’s purse), 2017

Oscar Murillo, ‘The Coming of the Europeans’, 2017

Tushikur Rahman, The Sudden Walks, 2015-2017

Michael Candy, installation view at Kathmandu Triennale, 2017

Heide Hinrichs, The Birds of Nepal (Parting the Animal Kingdom of the East), 2017

Mithu Sen, installation view at Kathmandu Triennale, 2017

Youdhisthir Maharjan, installation view at Kathmandu Triennale, 2017