Group art exhibition 10 Episodes at Shilpangan Gallery
Paintings by Mohammad Iqbal (left) and Mohammad Fokhrul Islam.
Group exhibitions create opportunities to exchange of views for the participating artists. A group art exhibition featuring works of 10 painters, titled “10 Episodes” is now on at Shilpangan Gallery, Dhanmondi. The participating painters are Hamiduzzaman Khan, Ivy Zaman, Najma Akhter, Mohammad Fokhrul Islam, Mohammad Iqbal, Md. Anisuzzaman, Maksuda Iqbal Nipa, Md. Aloptogin, Proshanta Karmakar Buddha and Kazi Aymaan Moquit.
Aymaan Moquit's works are poetic and suggestive. His colours are serene and are reminiscent of everyday woes and bliss. The grounds of Moquit's paintings are subtle and romantic with soothing colours and pictorial lines. As an amateur painter, Moquit is seemingly advanced in his expressions of freedom, and his contemplative process.
Style, technique and imagery are the aspects that define an evocative watercolour, and Hamiduzzaman Khan -- a renowned sculptor and watercolourist, working for the past forty years -- is a master of these elements. His lines and brushstrokes are not smooth --creating uneven, raw visions. Recurring subjects in his watercolours include boats, rural people, rivers and greenery.
Lucidity and shine are the noticeable characteristics of Fokhrul Islam's images. Fokhrul's paintings are pensive and thought inducing. His images are done on paper with printing ink. Fokhrul uses printer's ink and mustard oil to construct his enigmatic subjects and metaphysical landscapes. He unintentionally brings in gloomy sunsets, silent woods, extended deserts, lush forests, whirlwind and other elements from nature. Fokhru's paintings stand out for their pure forms and unusual look. The textures appear structured.
Maksuda Iqbal Nipa likes to experiment with colours and all their various facets. She applies colours directly; piling up thick layers on the canvas, and tries to create an image that is dynamic. She concentrates more on the application aspect. This has created a hallmark for her canvas.
Ivy Zaman is well known for her theme-oriented sculptures. Her focus is on forms and metals. Upon careful examination of her works, one finds that the artist tries to combine conventional images with local materials found in her surroundings. The sensuous forms she creates, in the backdrop of nature, are as realistic as they are exquisitely elegant. Her casts in bronze and other metals have become noteworthy in the Bangladeshi art circuit.
Md. Anisuzzaman Anis is a talented young printmaker and he experiments with various designs, shapes and models -- often producing architectural designs. His vertical lines are suggestive and have created a signature style for his prints. His restrained horizontal and vertical lines maintain a balance between space and composition.
Najma Akhter embarked on her artistic voyage -- from oriental to abstract -- in 2003. As a student of the Oriental Department, Faculty of Fine Arts, Dhaka University, she was immersed in portraying human relationships and nature. Eventually Najma realised that the rigours of oriental art were not suitable for her modernistic sensibilities. She then stepped into a new orbit of lines, colours, forms and textures when she found a dominant facet in art, which is imaginative and satiates her creative soul. To art connoisseurs, her works appear as pieces of cloud where she articulates her agony, yearning, happiness and desire.
Mohammad Iqbal is one of the leading painters of the '80s and his current subjects of choice are children, who he regards as "often neglected and mistreated." He is mainly a figurative painter and his themes are closely related to civilisation and destruction. Iqbal sees children as a symbol of hope and peace. Their existence depends on a world free from wars and brutality. His ground colours appear warm; his lines and tones have been created meticulously. Iqbal's figures are realistic and have touches of emotion and admiration.
The exhibition ends on August 11.
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