Bipad Bhanjan Sen Karmaker’s Colour of Natural Disposition is going on at the Alliance Française de Dhaka (AFD) and will continue until March 27. A total of 53 skillfully done paintings based on acrylic and mixed media are on display for the two-week show.
The title of the exhibition Colour of Natural Disposition refers to the beauty of rural Bangladesh through portraits and landscapes. Each artwork offers a visible façade of rural scenes which have been carefully constructed in his brush strokes.
This is his third solo exhibition and it introduces an important spatial and cultural concept of Bangladesh by representing ample use of colours which can be seen in nature. Providing viewers with a treat of a natural environment, his canvas mostly dominates red and blue colours. Bipad’s semi-abstract and abstract paintings convey moods of nature.
In a simplistic manner, the artist endeavours to portray beautiful Bangladesh. His artistic thoughts are deeply influenced by his childhood memories of an ideal village, where he grew up in the midst of river, canals, green fields, schools, temples, mosques, play grounds, and peaceful coexistence between Hindu and Muslim communities. In his canvases, he tries to depict the day to day life of common people living in Bangladeshi villages, so that the viewers from home and abroad may discover their culture, way of life and the ultimate beauty of their motherland.
Nurul Islam Nahid, MP, Minister, Ministry of Education, artist Samarjit Roy Chowdhury, eminent theatre personality Ramendu
Majumdar and Professor Dr Nazmul Ahsan Kalimullah were present at the inaugural ceremony on March 14.