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Advocating environment conservation through cartoons
A week long cartoon exhibition titled Cartoon Exhibition on Climate Change Awareness that boasts cartoons that play with the motifs of the impact of global warming in the world, has opened at the Nepal Art Council in the Capital.A week long cartoon exhibition titled Cartoon Exhibition on Climate Change Awareness that boasts cartoons that play with the motifs of the impact of global warming in the world, has opened at the Nepal Art Council in the Capital. Organised by Banyajantu Pidit Uddwar Kosh, the exhibition was inaugurated on Sunday, on occasion with the World Environment Day. The exhibition was inaugurated by environmentalist Dr Tirtha Bahadur Shrestha.
The show is the culmination of a cooperation between the three organisations—Cartoonist’s Club of Nepal, The Art Club Nepal and Redd Karyanwyan Kendra. The exhibition features over four dozen works by a total of 20 cartoonists namely Durga Baral ‘Batsyayan’, Ashok Man Singh, Abin Shrestha, Dhiresh Kumar Dahal, Rajesh KC, Devendra Thumkeli, Keshav Raj Khanal, Jeewan Rajopadhayay, Deepak Gautam and Rabindra Manandhar, among others.
Speaking during the event, chief guest Shrestha said, “The works on display raise the issues relating our surrounding poignantly and in a visual language that everyone can understand.”
Meanwhile, Dr Prabhu Budhathoki, of the Banyajantu Pidit Uddwar Kosh, expressed the motive behind organising the exhibition: “The environment we are living in has been deteriorating all thanks to human insensitivity. This exhibit is our attempt to raise awareness among the public about such an important issue as environment preservation.”
Likewise, Abin Shrestha, the famed cartoonist, who is also the chairperson of the umbrella organisation of cartoonists, Cartoonist’s Club of Nepal, expressed his belief that cartoons can play a role in generating awareness among the public. “There is an ample amount of
cartoon works done on social or political issues but this time around we have come up with cartoons on a very new subject; we believe cartoons such as the ones on display here can have an impact on environment preservation,” said Shrestha.
The exhibit will continue until June 11.