Code of Conduct opens at AFD

A solo art exhibition titled “Code of Conduct” by Mohammad Hasanur Rahman (Riaz) has begun at La Galerie, Alliance Française de Dhaka (AFD).

Cultural affairs minister Asaduzzaman Noor inaugurated the exhibition as chief guest on 19 December. Mario Palma, Ambassador of Italy in Bangladesh attended the opening ceremony as guest of honour. Bruno Plasse, Director, AFD welcomed all and presided over the programme.

“My art is a very personal statement of my own experience, and I believe, as an artist it is my response to the life around me. In my journey I found that my art represent a mark left by me, a little sign of my existence per se, so I feel a powerful impetus and a rational underpinning to create my art,” explained Mohammad Hasanur Rahman.

Artist's soul tells him to explicate his true expression against all the discrimination happening in our society. “Code of Conduct” refers to the nature of the term and how a state can misemploy that for their citizenry. The leaders have their hearts set on being businessmen, pushing through a dystopian reality that will have no scope for humanity in it. Some nations are eager to concoct plots with religious bigotry sitting trigger-happy on a stockpile of nuclear weapons, rather than working on subjects like sustainable development, humanity or climate change.

The exhibition imparts sensitivity about emotion and empathy that we need in order to establish equality and equity. The term had imbued the artist with passion and force that he tried to channel into his artworks.

The exhibition is open from Monday to Thursday from 3pm to 9pm, and on Fridays and Saturdays (from 9am to12noon and from 5pm to 8pm) t till 2 January.