Nepal Show Fuses Art and Fashion
October 28, 2006 | Senay TOPCUOGLU
Imagine an exhibition where instead of the art-lover walking among the paintings, the paintings walk among the public.
That is the concept of Wearable Art, which has been displayed at a unique show in Kathmandu.
It has been created by seven young Nepali artists and the exhibition's curator, Deneth Piumakshi from Sri Lanka.
In a palace garden after dark, performers walk the catwalk to the accompaniment of carefully selected music.
For the first half of the show each artist has chosen an influence from a different period of history, from cave painting via the Renaissance through to Cubism.
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