Reunion of artists for group exhibition
‘Ay, ar ektibar ayree sakha, praner majhe ay,
Mora sukher dukher kotha kobo, pran jurabe tay’
(Come once more, my friend, come into my heart
Together we’ll share pains and pleasures to heal the heart.)
Nothing can be happier than getting together with friends who have not seen one another for years, and when the friends are all artists, the get together can become an exquisite splash of colours too. A total of 34 artists-friends of the first honours batch (1992-93) of Faculty of Fine Arts of Dhaka University have displayed a total of 150 artworks in a group exhibition titled Praner Majhe Ay as part of a reunion at National Art Gallery of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.
AAMS Arefin Siddiqui, vice-chancellor of Dhaka University, inaugurated the exhibition on Thursday. Among others, eminent artists Qayyum Chowdhury, Samarjit Roy Chowdhury, Hashem Khan and Rafiqun Nabi were present at the inauguration.
Among the reunited friends, many have been going on with art-practices, while some have almost abandoned and taken different paths. However, all of them have come up with works of diverse mediums, categories and merits that can surely attract the art-lovers in town.
There are paintings, sketches, drawings, installations, photographs, sculptures, prints and others.
To speak of a few works, Bibekananda Roy’s mixed media installation titled Rabindranath is an eye-catching piece that demands attention. The artist has used mostly earthen-pots of white, dark and shaded colours to bring forth the face of the Nobel laureate poet.
Atiqul Islam’s bronze sculpture titled Portrait Study is an impressive one. His mastery in molding bronze to portray a nuanced female face is evident in the sculpture.
Nasima Akter’s tapestry titled Flower, Nazia Andaleeb Preema’s installation Cosmopolitan, Rashidul Hasan’s woodcut print Memories of Old Dhaka, Soumik Das’ installation Question, Masud Mizan’s mixed media painting titled Waterfall and many others deserve appreciation.
Dedicated to Md Imran, one of the batch-mate who is no more, the exhibition will remain open for all till August 12.
-With New Age input
