Kathmandu, Sept. 1 -- In the centre of the room of the ground floor at Siddhartha Art Gallery, tattooed ceramic female figures stretch languidly astride grazing horses.

The 12 blue and white raku ware pieces are part of a collection of ceramic artwork by noted sculptorsGopal Kalapremi Shrestha,Yamuna Shrestha, and Shushank Shrestha. The exhibition features four-year-long work of a family of artists - Gopal and Yamuna are husband and wife, and Shushank is their son.

Gopal founded theKalapremi Studioto teach and promote clay art forms in Nepal in 2006. Yamuna and Shushank's artworks also feature prominently in the studio.

Much of Kalapremi's artwork included in the exhibition is an attempt to explore gender dynamics in post-modern Nepali...