Samples of our artists' work to be seen all over Bangladesh

Philosophy is the firm resolve of mankind, fine art is the expression. Art elevates the elegance, magnifies the magnificence, and makes a very common thing uncommon and a hideous thing heavenly. When a person wants to reveal the first thing, he tries to express it through pen or brush strokes. Children, before learning to write try to express themselves through drawings. Art redeems the inmost part of a person's heart.

With this in view, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy started a mobile fine arts exhibition including painting competitions on 5th February 2000 at Shilpacharjya Zainul Abedin Gallery at Mymensingh. After that, the mobile fine arts exhibition rotates throughout the country among 63 districts and came to an end on 25th October 2002 at Ali Ahmed Public Library, Narayanganj. With the same initiation the exhibition starts its journey into Dhaka City starting form Udayan Higher Secondary School.

On this occasion, State Minister for Culture, Begum Selina Rahman, inaugurated the exhibition on January 10th 2003 at Udayan Higher Secondary School. The session was presided over by Ahmed Nazir, Director General of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. The special guest was Dr. S.M.A. Foez, Vice Chancellor, Dhaka University. Subir Choudhury, Director, Fine Arts Department, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy gave the welcome speech. Greetings were delivered by Brigadier General (retd.) Syed A.B.M. Ashrafuzzaman, Principal of Udayan Higher Secondary School. Professor Dr. Abdus Sattar, Principal, Institute of Fine Arts, Dhaka University, delivered speech of the special guest.

In her speech Begum Selina Rahman said that our cultural heritage is the expression of our resolutions." Fine Art is the spectrograph of the spectrum of artistry. The exhibition will uphold our cultural significance to our society, " she said. She spoke about the pottery maestros of our villages too. She added that the mobile fine arts exhibitions would illustrate the nature of our mind.

In his speech Ahamed Nazir said that any exhibition expresses a self-portrait and that this particular exhibition will uphold its own identity. Nazir said," In the primordial stage of mankind, people used to redeem themselves through cave paintings. Now things worked out very well. The exhibition is just a gesture of the excellence in fine arts." He informed the people that there will be a step to take the paintings of the great artists to upa-zilla level.

In the exhibition fifty-eight paintings and three sculptors of the maestros were included. Different kinds of experiments were exhibited: cubism, surrealism, impressionism etc were prominent in the exhibition. There were watercolour, woodwork, etching, gouache, collage, oil paint, ink, pencil, acrylic, dry point and mixed media. The subjects were mainly compositions of Madonna, myths and legends, tribal life, still life, rural and city life, images of natural disasters, nature etc. The exhibition was rich with the spectacular creations of the outstanding artists.