Subir Choudhury Grant winners begin exhibition
Bengal Foundation instituted the annual Subir Choudhury Practice Grant to commemorate late Trustee of Bengal Foundation Subir Choudhury's lifelong contribution to develop a support structure for artists from Bangladesh. The recipients of the 2015/2016 Subir Choudhury Practice Grant were Abir Shome and Eshita Mitra Tonny who received Taka 2 lakhs each as grant money.
Showcasing the selective works of these two artists, Bengal Foundation has organised an open studio at Gyantapas Abdur Razzaq Bidyapeeth, Dhanmondi in the capital. Noted artist Shahid Kabir inaugurated the open studio while the participating artist duo, Luva Nahid Choudhury, DG, Bengal Foundation and Tanzim Wahab, chief curator of Visual Arts Programme, Bengal Foundation also spoke at the event. The programme also featured screening of a documentary, made on Subir Choudhury Practice Grant by Bengal Foundation.
Drawing, text, video and internet-based works are prime implication of Abir Shome's art practice. Time with the tale of life at the backdrop of action and reaction of it influences Abir, who excessively uses red in his works to unveil the rotten reality of harsh time, and at the same time creates his own fantasy world where cumulative and conflicting dialogues go on.
Eshita Mitra Tonny follows some creative processes like understanding, studies, inquisitiveness, discussion and presentation towards making her final artwork. Various found materials help her create artworks. Eshita's works have nuances of pain of life we lead, the disappointment of not obtaining something and a type of restlessness, and at the same time these negative features turn towards optimistic ones and constitute a harmony.
The display, open daily from 11am to 7pm, will conclude on October 21.
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