Mohammad Iqbal's 41st solo opens in Japan

Renowned Osaka (Japan)-based art gallery Chayamachi has organised the 41st solo painting exhibition by noted Bangladeshi artist Mohammad Iqbal, titled “Peace in the Times of Disquiet”. The exhibition was inaugurated on August 24 and will remain open until August 29. Mohammad Iqbal is also an Associate Professor at the Department of Drawing and Painting, Faculty of Fine Art, University of Dhaka.

“Most visitors are deeply moved by the paintings displayed at the gallery. Moreover, many of them asked the artist about the backdrop of his creating such profound artworks. In Japan, there is an idiom: 'The eyes are as eloquent as the mouth.' The viewers are attracted by the significant eyes of people painted by Iqbal. The expressions show their kind, unhappy, melancholic and involved moods,” mentioned Akira Kadosaka, the gallerist, in a written press release. 

Iqbal is a dedicated painter in the contemporary Bangladeshi art scene. His canvases are filled with various visible and shadowy figures. The background of most of his compositions features abstract forms, soothing colours and mellow tones. For the ongoing show, the artist is exhibiting around 21 artworks on several media like oil, acrylic, mixed-media, and drawing.

Mohammad Iqbal is a MONBUSHO Scholar and obtained PhD in Oil Painting, from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan. His paintings have exhibited in many renowned galleries of Japan and Bangladesh.