Bengal Foundation's “ephemeral: perennial” begins today
The Visual Arts Programme of Bengal Foundation's latest exhibition “ephemeral: perennial”, an exhibition of performance art, begins today (January 6) at the Daily Star-Bengal Arts Precinct at 5:30pm. Educationist Professor Syed Manzoorul Islam and art critic Professor Abul Monsur will jointly inaugurate the exhibition as guests of honour.
The exhibition will present photographs, video footage and objects featured in the recently-held Performance Art Week, where 20 artists presented live performances. The artists were -- Palash Bhattacharjee, Joydeb Roaja, Jewel A Rob, Hasna Hena Porosh, Sanad Kumar Biswas, Sharkar Nasrin Toontoon, Nazia Andaleeb Preema, Arpita Singha Lopa, Efat Razowana Reya, Sumana Akter, Reetu Sattar, Niloofar Chaman, Waley Jaff, Meherun Akter, Atish Saha, Emran Sohel, Afsana Sharmin, Farah Naz Moon, Sanjay Chakraborty and Ashim Halder Sagor.
The artists, having diverse background in different fields of art, demonstrated some intense and complex social issues through their symbolic performances.
The event has been organised with an aim to look into the multiple complexities of this ephemeral medium through discussions, performances and exhibitions. What role does it play in cultural and political activism as opposed to white-cube spaces? How do artists materialise this non-material art? How does this medium contribute to the evolution of new languages? These are some of the questions that the art week sought to answer. The exhibition is being jointly curated by artist Mahbubur Rahman and Tanzim Wahab.
The exhibition will take place at two venues: Daily Star-Bengal Arts Precinct and Gyantapas Abdur Razzaq Bidyapeeth. The show will continue till 25 February 2017 daily from 11am to 7pm.
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