Bangladeshi artists taking part in Art Asia Miami

Clockwise from top left: Still from Preema's “Marry My Egg”. Kalidas Karmakar's “Alluvial Symbol”. Monica Jahan Bose's “Indelible Scent”.

For the first time, Art Asia Miami (Art Basel Miami Beach) in the USA invited Bangladeshi artists to display their installations, paintings and video art to fellow artists and art lovers from around the world. The fair opens today and will continue till November 9. The participation of Bangladeshi artists has been arranged and sponsored by Gallery Cosmos, according to a press release.
Artists -- Kalidas Karmakar, Rokeya Sultana, Monica Jahan Bose, Nazia Andaleeb Preema and Biswajit Goswami -- are representing Bangladesh at the event.
Monica Jahan Bose will create a dreamlike installation, where the artist will be in her bed under a canopy of pink saris -- reading and chopping onions. Her installation is related to her “Indelible Scent” performance, and will include performance stills and a folio of mixed media prints (etching, woodblock, and drawing) produced on handmade paper. Bose's work uses fabric as metaphor for the female body and onions as a reference to the multiple layers of love.
Nazia Andaleeb Preema will perform “Marry My Egg”, where she eats eggs while wearing bridal attire. The artist uses food to refer to consumption, fertility, power, and sexuality. She has engaged audiences with her innovative performance art, video work and paintings. For the Miami event, she will present video, live performance and works on paper. She is advisor and creative director of Bangladesh Brand Forum, which promotes Bangladeshi enterprises and art around the world.
At the fair, Kalidas Karmakar will present a collection of works on paper -- exploring themes like ecology, the human spirit and transcendence. He has exhibited extensively at numerous venues around the world.
Rokeya Sultana's works reveal lyrical abstraction and vague forms as well as scribbles. Her flowing lines and delicate details capture the light, colour and energy of Bangladesh. She is a Professor at the Printmaking Department, Faculty of Fine Arts, Dhaka University.
Biswajit Goswami is a promising painter who completed his MFA from Visvabharati University in Shantiniketan, India. He has recently participated in the Beijing International Biennale and several other Asian art events. He has exhibited in India, Bangladesh, the United States and Canada. His paintings focus on the human figures and their varied movements.