Local and Japanese artists have displayed artworks representing the cultural heritage and nature of the respective countries in a group show
at Gallery Chitrak in Dhanmondi.
The show titled Japan Bangladesh Friendship Painting Exhibition showcases 32 works by 10 Japanese and 19 Bangladeshi artists.
Gloria Foundation has organised the exhibition as part of its cultural exchange programme with different countries of the world.
The main attraction of the show is four untitled acrylic paintings by veteran Japanese artist Tadaichi Skamoto depicting the natural beauty of his motherland.
Sakamoto’s works show the mountains and rivers, flora and fauna of the earthquake-prone country. In one of his works the artist has prominently focused on the beauty of the rising sun and its reflection on water.
Another Japanese artist Kaho Takano has painted a spectacular image of Goutam Buddha in his signature style of contemplation.
Artist Satuko Fujimura depicts a beautiful flower vase in which colourful flowers have been arranged following Japanese traditional Ikebana.
Other Japanese participants in the show are Chuzaburo Araki, Yoko Kawasaki, Noriko Obata, Hiromi Mori, Keizo Hayashi, Kazuaki Yoneya and Fukazawa Koro.
Bangladeshi artists also present some colourful paintings featuring the natural fauna and cultural heritage of the country. Some of the local participants have also presented thought-provoking paintings containing the contemporary society.
Seasoned artist Abdus Shakoor Shah’s acrylic painting, Three Face, follows the composition of the traditional pata chitra (scroll painting) where two female faces and a male face represent the rural life in the country.
Another eye-catching painting Fisher Man by Jamal Ahmed presents a lone fisherman pulling his fishing net against the backdrop of a sea.
Dilruba Latif’s acrylic painting titled Along creates supra-mirage as the painting sometimes appears as cloud in a gloomy day and sometimes it looks like the images of female body and a female face lying in-between.
A similar double-mining is found in Mohammad Iqbal’s oil painting, Unknown Face, which shows a blurry face with two pairs of eyes.
Other Bangladeshi participants at the show are Ahmed Shamsuddoha, Sheikh Afzal Hossain, Md Muniruzzaman, Afrozza Jamil Konka, Elham Huq Khuku, Mahabuba Karim Mini, Abul Khayar, Faruk Ahamad, Zohir Uddin, Fazlur Rahman, Saida Akhter, Kamruzzaman Shadhin, Joy Dev, Solayman Hossain and Sumana Akter.
‘It is for the fourth time we have organised such a friendship exhibition with Japan. We hope such programmes will help the bilateral cultural relation of the two friendly countries,’ said Md Solayman Hossain, art secretary of Gloria Foundation.
The exhibition was inaugurated on February 14 by Japan’s ambassador to Bangladesh Shiro Sadoshima. The exhibition will end today.
-With New Age input
