The agony and struggles of women in this man-dominated society has been portrayed in the paintings by artist Nurun Nahar Supti in her solo art exhibition at the Galerie Zoom of Alliance Française de Dhaka.
Twenty two acrylic-on-canvas paintings are on display at the two-week exhibition titled ‘Woman in Gossamer’ which illustrates women bound by the so-called social rituals and customs. In her paintings, the artist painted gossamer and presented it as a tool for imprisonment for women.
Artist Supti tries to express the untold smothering feelings felt by women in her artworks. She used her daily experiences and realizations as the materials for her works. Being a female artist, it has become easier for Supti to translate the inner words of women into her paintings. One such painting is her painting titled Preventing, which depicts a woman entangled with wild plants and a huge spider web. Her partly visible face tells the stories of the miseries of being a captive.
A very colourful and touching painting on that exhibition is Defeated Soul that portrays an upside down woman figure. Painted with bright red and blue, the painting symbolically reveals the humiliation and disgrace a woman has to endure for her being a woman in the society.
However, Supti does not only present depression but hopes for a brighter future for women in her paintings. Her optimism has been upheld in the painting titled Anticipate which beautifully reveals young woman standing in a stance that she is eagerly waiting for something good to happen to her. The bright sun in the background symbolises the flourishing days that are yet to come.
Through her paintings, Supti wishes to introduce the hindrances plaguing women advancement. She hopes such endeavor will help to stir conscious minds to extend their benevolent hands towards deprived women. ‘I wish my artwork will touch your heart as I tried to convey my message through portraying all kinds of hindrances that prevails around the women,’ Supti told New Age about her paintings.
Inaugurated by noted artist Rafiqun Nabi on Thursday, the exhibition will remain open for everybody on Mondays and Thursdays from 3:00pm to 9:00pm, on Fridays and Saturdays from 9:00am to 12:00pm and 5:00pm to 8:00pm till December 19.
-With New Age input
