A group art exhibition featuring some fascinating pieces of paintings titled The Search of Purity is going on at the Dhaka Art Center, Dhanmondi.
Three young artists Biplob Kumar Das, Ziaur Rahman Joy and Kamrun Nahar are participating in the exhibit with unique concepts, compositions and aesthetics. All of them are from Narayanganj, one of the oldest cities of Bangladesh and a centre of business and industry. Their orientation of the locality has a great impact on their artistic endeavours. Biplob Kumar Das told Dhaka Tribune: “The city is very rich with many artistic elements and for the artists, it is like a “drawn canvas.”
Besides portraying natural beauty, the artists also depicted the marred atmosphere of the city in their canvas.
Biplob Kumar Das is experimenting with a new form of abstract expressionism called “plastic form” with acrylic colour, which is acquainted from his academic knowledge. With the use of collage in his paintings, he unfolds joy, ecstasy, peace, nature and different facets of materialistic life in abstract form.
Ziur Rahman Joy is interested in drawing figures of hermits, bauls and spiritual vagabonds who travels from one place to another in quest to search for the meaning of life and beyond. He depicted their prudent expression and diverse lifestyle in his compositions as he use to observe them from his childhood. He worked with mixed media using water colours, dry pastel and charcoal in his paintings. His expertise has been manifested in his paintings which express his feelings through simple figurative compositions and colours.
Kamrun Nahar has developed a unique style, particularly in watercolour medium. Her works reflect realistic portrayal of nature and surroundings. She painted ships, boats and rivers which represent the landscape of Narayanganj.
According to Nahar, she visits the spots first to get the feel of the ambiance and then portrays the surroundings.
The art show will end this evening.