Forty noted artists – 39 painters and one sculptor – are displaying their works at a group art exhibition at Bishwo Sahitto Kendro in the capital. The exhibition is a part of a series featuring the forty artists by the Kendro. The on going exhibition is the second one while the first one was held in April.
The list includes eminent artists like Rokeya Sultana, Sheikh Afzal, Khalid Mahmud Mithu, Kanak Chapa Chakma, Nisar Hossain, Dilara Begum Jolly, Mohammad Iqbal, Mohammad Eunus, and Nasrin Begum among others. The exhibition also features works by late artists Anwarul Hoq, Kazi Abdul Baset, Shamsul Islam Nizami and Mahbubul Amin.
The paintings on display present a myriad style of expressions on an array of mediums. Late artist Anwarul Hoq’s “Jatrapala” done using oil on canvas depicts a scene in which some rural people are enjoying jatra beneath a canopy. A watercolour painting titled “Waterloo” by Mir Mostafa Ali portrays passengers waiting for a train on a platform in Europe. Noted artist Nisar Hossain has painted hazy human and animal figures by means of acrylic colour on canvas in his “Mrittu Uppotokkay Ekti Sokal (A Morning at Valley of Death).”
Nazir Ahmed, on the other hand, depicts a portrait of late master artist and also his father Shafiuddin Ahmed in his digital artwork titled “Journey of a Great Master-7”. Sculptor Mostafa Sharif Anwar Tuhin’s stone-cut sculpture titled “Re-birth of Vishnu”, a statue of a partial human figure, is also on display at the exhibition.
The exhibition deals with varied themes including life struggle, women emancipation, nature and the liberation war of Bangladesh. Kanak Chapa Chakma has portrayed a young indigenous girl in her vibrant mixed media painting “A Maiden’s World”. Artist Maniruzzaman has dealt with the liberation war in his acrylic painting “In Memory 71”, which demonstrates freedom fighters attacking the Pakistani occupational army with great valiance.
The exhibition, which began on November 14 will remain open from 3:00pm to 8:00pm till November 28.