Distinguished visual artist Ronni Ahmmed's artworks at “the missing one” infused a touch of fiction in the air at Dhaka Art Summit. Two of his sculptures and nine paintings finely merged with the central theme of the section “science fiction.” The artist has been in the scene for the last 20 years and shares how he feels about art and its power to change the world.
For the Dhaka Art Summit, he has crafted art pieces keeping the concept of dream sequences, science fiction, and meta physics in mind. Two of his sculptures are called “time machine” and “Lord Hanuman carrying the sanjeevani mountain.” The artists shared that he mostly likes to work around the concept of spirituality.
He added that an artist's role in the society is to create beauty. When a society becomes rough in nature and its people become intolerant, it is the artists who reconnect people with beauty and tenderness. Artists try to rejuvenate the spirituality in people through different forms of art.
Ronni Ahmmed plans to make a huge painting on the “Mahabharat.” The artist likes the way his work helps him rediscover himself, his unknown sense of aesthetics. His works usually do not go according to any plan. He says: “That is the fun part; when I plan something and my subconscious mind brings out something completely different and new. Every time I create art, I become surprised to find a new self within me.”