KATHMANDU: With the advancing technology, many changes have occurred in the world. Traditionally made items can now be created instantly with the help of technology. Technology has also brought a radical change in art.

In this context, 16 students from the Kathmandu University have made an attempt to present how artists in olden days used certain materials in their art creation and how paintings and sculptures were created.

The art works they created under the title ‘The Materiality of Art: Ephemeral Art Practices in the Nepali Artworld’ is currently on display at the Patan Durbar Museum.

The KU Department of Art and Design students have also tried to show how colours were traditionally made and used. The students have highlighted materials used in daily life through art.

Art lecturer Anil Shahi from Kathmandu University explained that the students have made their own art works by studying how painters traditionally created art and have exhibited these paintings.

According to him, the art exhibition, which mostly emphasises the Newar culture of the Kathmandu Valley, features artworks created for display representing everything from the Ghantaghar to Gai Jatra, Laxmi Puja, Bhai Puja, and the art employed in Newar jankhu rituals.

The students have presented the ‘wood block print’ technology used by the artists in ancient times. Shahi said that students have created art by interviewing with seniors to understand how artworks were made in the old days.

Devendra Thumkeli, the member secretary of the Nepal Academy of Fine Arts, stated that it is important for students to adopt the techniques used by their predecessors and display them in art exhibitions.

The exhibition that began on November 17 will conclude tomorrow.