Artist Nasima Khan does magic with watercolours in her depictions of the sky during the monsoon season in her current solo exhibition centring on the shoals, locally called chars, of the country.
Her paintings are on display at the Bengal Art Lounge in the capital. The show titled “Shifting Sands” features 69 paintings.
Nasima merges the merciless physical landscape of the chars with monsoon rain that softens the harsh landscape of the chars.
The stark and barren lands in the paintings are transformed and revitalised by the rain even as the audience is transformed by Nasima’s skill.
“Monsoon,” one of the finest works in the exhibition, portrays dense clouds unburdening themselves on the inhabitants and cattle of the chars.
Though her depiction of the monsoons will probably appeal most to audiences, Khan’s work on the other seasons are equally compelling.
A painting titled “Winter’s Day,” depicting dried out marshes and the skeletons of shrivelled trees transports viewers to the wasteland of the chars and leaves them shivering, without ever requiring them to move an inch.
With an acute sense of observation, the artist portrays rice fields, sandy shores, fishing nets, misty mornings and still water in her paintings.
The exhibition which started on December 13 is open to all from 12pm to 8pm everyday until December 27.
