Nepal, June 19 -- 'Silent Bone', created by Binod Shrestha, is an exhibition shown throughout Kathmandu, displaying memory, body, and space through mixed media.

Nepali history is rich. However, many people seem to forget the foundation of what brings many people together as a culture. The ten-year civil war has left deep marks on the land and on the bodies of the people who endured it. It is the kind of forgetting that 'Silent Bone' pushes back against. The exhibition does not allow the viewer to pass through comfortably. It insists on remembrance, on sitting with what has been buried beneath the ordinary rhythms of daily life.

Shrestha has had an extensive career. Born in Nepal, he experienced years of civil unrest and saw firsthand ho...