Music Art Gallery presents ‘Mythical Real: A Visual Journey into Shared Consciousness’ from July 17 to August 17, bringing together the works of seventeen artists working across painting, sculpture, and mixed media.

The exhibit explores the enduring relationship between humans and nature in Nepal's mythology, ritual, and belief, treating hybrid and mythical figures as living expressions of shared consciousness.

Featured artists include Anil Shahi, Balkrishna Banmala, Chandra Shyam Dangol, Jasmin Rajbhandari, Kapil Mani Dixit, Karma Tashi Gurung, Krishna Gopal Shrestha, Laxman Bhujel, Mukesh Shrestha, Muna Bhadel, Pradhumna Shrestha, Rajan Pant, Roshan Bhandari, Sahil Bhopal, Sundar Lama, Thinle Dolma, and Bajracharya.

Each of the participating artists believes that human beings exist within a larger continuum in which memory, animals, landscapes, rituals, and culture remain profoundly interconnected.

“These projects were initiated to understand the nature of Nepali modern art through its own sociocultural foundations,” says curator Saroj Bajracharya. “Rather than viewing modernity as detached from history, they propose that contemporary artistic consciousness remains deeply intertwined with inherited rituals, myths, philosophies, and collective memory.”

Therefore, ‘Mythical Real’ becomes a thoughtful meditation on the dialogue between myth and reality, past and present, humanity and nature, the visible and the invisible.

Mythical Real: A Visual Journey into Shared Consciousness

When: July 17 to August 17

Where: Music Art Gallery, Lalitpur

Time: 10:00 am to 8:00 pm

Entry: Free