Artworks by the eminent local and foreign artists are under one roof in a ten-day art exhibition at the Bengal Art Lounge in Gulshan.
The show titled Ways of Seeing features 42 artworks by 15 local and six foreign master artists in various mediums including watercolour, oil, and acrylic along with a number of prints.
The show has been organised by the art collector Durjoy Rahman Joy. The show features masterpieces of Aminul Islam, Abdur Razzak, Rafiqun Nabi, Quamrul Hassan, Muhammad Kibria, Murtaza Bashir, Shahabuddin, Qayyum Chowdhury, Manirul Islam, Nitin Kunda, Samarjit Roy Chowdhury, Shahid Kabir, Shafiuddin Ahmed, Mahmudul Haque and Hasem Khan – and six eminent foreign artists including Picasso, Henry Moore, Lusican Freud, Francis Bacon, Paritosh Sen and Jamini Roy.
Noted artist Quamrul Hassan’s watercolour painting Two Women is on display at the exhibition. The painting created with simple strokes of brush depicts two female figures absorbed in an intense conversation.
Shafiuddin Ahmed’s soft-ground aquatint painting Receding Flood, on the other hand, might dazzle the eyes of the visitors with its bright colour composition. The painting shows a labyrinth of intertwined images of boats, rivers, trees, and hills.
An iron rail bridge on Iowa River has been depicted with details by Abdur Razzaque in his ink and watercolour on paper painting titled Bridge on Iowa River.
Internationally acclaimed artist Shahabuddin has captured the forces of mother nature beautifully in his oil on canvas painting Taureau 2, which depicts a fierce bull in attacking pose. The curved, fearsome horns, and the vigor projected within the muscles of the great beast would create a sense of fear and caution in the minds of the visitors.
Among the foreign artists, the paint works of legendary Spanish artist Pablo Picasso would be the centre of attraction of the show. Out of the two lithographic artworks of Picasso – one titled Jaccquiline Lisant portrays a woman reading a book while another one titled Portrait of De Vollad depicts the face of an old man probably named De Vollad.
Eminent English artist Henry Moore’s etching artwork Mother and Child features a small child sitting on its mother’s lap.
Inaugurated on January 24, the exhibition will remain open from 12:00 to 8:00pm till February 03.
-With New Age input
