Relaying human feelings through art
Promising Bangladeshi artist Mahmuda Akter Lutfa enrolled at the Department of Graphic Art at Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan to receive her Undergraduate Degree. During her four-year stay at the abode of peace and harmony, she not only received art education, but also passionately learnt Bharatnatyam under Shankar Narayan.
“I received great affection from my teachers,” says Lutfa, “Students generally go to Santinikatan to pursue their degrees, as they offer unbridled academic freedom and the school is known for its approach to help guide young minds come to terms with their own findings.”
Although she has been taught many techniques of printmaking at her department, she loves etching as her most favorite medium of art. “Artists have the power to make people think from their own ground of emotions,” says Lutfa, “I work on human feelings, particularly people's dreams, expectations, imagination, and their mental depiction of social relationships.” In this regard, Lutfa depicts human expressions through facial juxtapositions and the feelings of happiness and sorrow at the same time.
There are many objects and fragmented forms used as subjects of Lutfa's work. For example, Mirror Inside is a piece that she has completed by zooming into the reflection of someone else's imagination. This is likely why Lutfa collected works by Sanat Kar, a very well known Indian artist.
Lutfa, in her works portrays the interpersonal-relationships, complex psychological states and her everyday experiences that she accumulates by mingling with people from different social strata. A good evidence of all that can be detected in many of her works, especially in her submission to 'All India Woman Contemporary Artists in Chandigarh' and the one in 21st Young Artists Art Exhibition in Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.
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