A photography exhibition by Firoz Mahmud titled “Reincarnated Valiance of Durjoy” will begin at the EMK Center, Dhanmondi on Wednesday.
The exhibition will open for all from 6pm and will continue till March 31.
State Minister for Power Nasrul Hamid will be present as the chief guest in the programme.
Reincarnated Valiance of Durjoy is a year-long research based artwork created using several media of art on freedom fighters (Muktijoddha) who hard fought during Liberation war in 1971 against Pakistan. The exhibition consists of photography, video, sculpture, installation and painting using blood of freedom fighters.
About the artist: Being a kind of expatriate artist for more than a decade, he is known for large-scale artworks and long running art projects which include installation, Layapa stencil Painting, NinKi: Urgency of Proximate Drawing, soaked Dream photograph project, objects, and mixed media.Firoz primarily studied from Dhaka University`s Fine Art Institute, did MFA from Tama Art University, Tokyo and PhD from Tokyo University of the Arts. He was a fellow artist at the Rijksakademie Van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam.
His exhibitions include Aichi Triennial (10), Sharjah Biennale, UAE (09), Cairo Biennale (08), Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial (06&09), Asian Biennale Dhaka, Setouchi Triennale (13 /BD project), Museum of Contemporary Art MOT, University Art Museum, Ota Fine Arts, Hiroshima Museum of Contemporary Art, Metropolitan-Gallery Mostings & Byggeriets Hus, Denmark, Asia House in London, Exhibit320 in New Delhi, Dhaka Art Center and Bengal Gallery in Dhaka. He is represented by Exhibit 320 gallery in New Delhi and Ota Fine Arts in Singapore and Tokyo.
Firoz`s artworks are based on socio-political realities, eventful past, history of politics of his region, colonialization of the Mughal and British, myth and universal common idea. He works on painting, installation, photograph and drawing. His Layapa Art (Oil Paintings) are mostly with open-ended narratives that are analytically painted and emotionally charged. The NinKi: Urgency of Proximate Drawing [NinKi:UoPD] , primarily anonymous, is infamous project rescuing controversial celebrities. In his installation project `Sucker`wfp21` of 26 feet long aircraft and other assorted works burlesquely interpret militarism and warfare of 21 century. He is represented by Ota Fine Arts in Tokyo and Singapore and Exhibit 320 in New Delhi, India
