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Exhibition

Abstractions set against reality

Pongkus and Nasrin's joint exhibit at Zainul Gallery

FAYZA HAQ
PONGKuS Kumar Roy and Nasrin Rahman had an impressive joint exhibit at the Zainul Gallery recently. Here we found elements of oriental art combined with experimental work.
Pongkus, who works with water colour, has nature and love as his themes. In his "untitled" work brought in an eye that is watering and below it were barren trees. Below and around the eye were circular forms that go into the creation of nature that surrounds us. This abstraction was in green, cream, brown, blue and yellow. In
his "Nature" we once again traced down the enormous eye form which appeared to be made of stone and was cracked through the middle. Surrounding it was nature in mottled forms of green, red, yellow and black. The green brought in peace even where pain prevailed in red and black. There were circles and floating hearts to denote hope and happiness.
The artist's concept of god was brought into a delineation where we found a face with details of eyes, nose and lips as we see in stone carvings. The head had a halo behind it so that the viewer would be able to distinguish the figure as out of this earth. "Subconscious mind" attempted to bring in the good and bad in man. Behind the human faces were ones of demons which represented evil elements. Flowers and leaves were found around to bring in the elements of goodness and love even where evil prevails. This was done in orange and blue.
"Power" harked back to the gods
with their numerous heads and hands. It had nine heads and they represented the strength of the mind. Another painting brought in birds in flight seen against waving "kash" flowers and this brought in the power of moving life. "Freedom" too had abstract thoughts behind its creation and bunched up hands with fingers that looked like vegetable growths stood for attempts to bring in freedom. All around the hands were the confines of the walls of green stones that contained the waving angry hands done in yellow, outlined with delicate gray and tinted with green. In another representation of freedom we saw a leaf beating against some poles and attempting to break free, the leaf standing for human efforts to break free of confines. This had been done in pinks and blues.
Nasrin Rahman's "Two women"
had large oriental eyes, thick, curved lips. They had long cascading black hair and burnished pale golden brown skin. Purple and blue formed the flat backdrop. "Solitary" brought in another portrait of a woman where the details of her face, such as the eyes and lips, and figure had been done with enormous care and precision. She sported a red sari with a gray blouse and flaunted rounded pearls at her neck and ears. In "The sunflower" we saw a gorgeous, realistic bursting of yellow blossom with green unopened buds, leaves and stems at the side.
In her "Three maiden friends" we saw three young women with suggestions of gold and brown for the faces which had its details done in black and gray complimented with the rippling long, black hair. With their large eyes and full lips they looked very similar to each
other. The backdrop was blue, mauve and white. In "Hairstyling" we saw the traditional depiction of an older woman combing the hair of a younger counterpart in the composition. The saris and the blouses had been done with delicate strokes. One was in yellow while the other was orange. The background consisted of soft washes of brown. "Sky scrapping" brought in an unusual depiction of the sun shining through the bare branches of trees in a blue sky. "Light in the dark" which presented a crimson flower with white edges against a dark background was seemingly realistic and yet different.
One found experimentation in "Divide" where one was confronted with shades of gray on one side of a face, which stood for the possibilities of a bleak future. On the other half was the portrait of a gorgeous woman with gazelle eyes, sharp nose and cupid lips. This stood for hope. "Theatre" showed two women a little in front and another at the back. They appeared to be peering through curtains. "Women in our society are thrust behind curtains," commented the artist, "but some try to break the confines and forge ahead." Meanwhile "Ray of the eye" brought in tiny flecks of coloured lines radiating from an eye by which the artist meant that one could see many things with a glimpse of an eye.
Pongkus Kumar Roy has exhibited at Rajshahi and Dhaka. He won two awards at Naogaon in the mid 80s. He completed his masters from the Oriental Department, Fine Arts Institute in 1997. Nasrin Rahman is Roy's classmate and has taken part in over 15 joint ventures.