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60 paintings featuring former main office of Myanmar Railway in Yangon is being exhibited here at the Gallery 65.
It is the debut exhibition illustrated by English painter Kate Bowen in Yangon. It took about 18 months to exhibit these paintings which portray one of the colonial buildings of the city.
ARTIST, KATE BOWEN: “I try to more than just taking a photograph for catching an image try to catch the essence of move of this space because it has a lot of history this building and it is very beautiful colonial building because it is growing original red stones which is quite unique in Yangon and I want to try get something of the spirit of the building within the paintings.”
History In Art: Portraying Colonial Building
MITV NEWS, 14 March 2015
RANGOON — Vivid memories of expansive green fields and quaint villages never faded for Chan Nyein Kyaw, an artist now known simply as CNK. For years he worked as a staffer for the Department of Agriculture, visiting some of Burma’s most picturesque countryside.
When he took up painting later on, CNK found that the images poured naturally out of his mind and onto the canvas. Seventy-one of these personal and nostalgic artworks will be on display in a solo exhibition in Rangoon, opening
Artist ‘CNK’ Depicts Dreamy Memories of Rural Burma
THE IRRAWADDY, 5 March 2015
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