Contemporary Bangladesh has been revealed through bold strokes of brushes on canvases by young, aspiring artists at 12-day art exhibition at the Institute of Asian Creative at Gulshan 2 in the capital.
At the exhibition titled Contemporary Bangladesh, which is the debut show of the Gallery, you will get to see 51 paintings of different mediums including acrylic, pen and ink, print, paper crafting and others by 25 artists.
A paper crafting artwork titled Awaiting depicting a woman perched near an open window through which the moon and branches of a tree are visible will definitely arrest your attention at the exhibition. This particular piece of artwork by Joarder Mahmud Poltu is refreshing and innovative in its style.
Another eye catchy painting of the exhibition is Monjur Rashid’s flamboyant acrylic on canvas titled Search For Life, illustrating a newspaper in great detail. The painting replenished with positive reports about the country will stimulate you to imagine an ideal, progressive Bangladesh with a nation comprising of conscious citizens.
Ishrat Zahan Kakon’s acrylic painting Meditation may seem like a puzzle game or an enigma as the artwork has anything but a soothing or calming effect, unlike the title suggests. The abstract painting with bold stokes of an array of vivid colours like blue, orange, green tangled together seem to be unveiling some kind of bizarre yet hypnotic figure with several, protruding eyes from the canvas glaring at you .
A sensuous yet simple painting Kingfisher Song by Nazmul Ahsan is very likely to have an opposite effect. A beautiful woman clad in a white saree and with her raven black hair down, is about to fetch water with a pitcher from a river where a lone kingfisher bird is perched on a tree branch. The way the artist has delivered delicate brush strokes in acrylic to create a soft texture of her garment and the feathers of the bird will enable you to feel the tangibility of the subjects.
You would definitely pause to take a glance at the rigid copper sculpture of three traditional boats titled Symbol of Independence by Shahiduzzaman Shilpi.
A village woman embracing a child and a buffalo standing nearby in a rural setting with the country flag in the backdrop, have been portrayed through pen and ink in multi colours by Samir Majumder in his oriental artwork titled Motherland.
Inaugurated on June 23, the exhibition will remain open for all from 12:00 to 8:00pm till July 03.
-With New Age input
