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An awe-inspiring display of paintings at Saju Art Gallery
Fayza Haq
Saju Art Gallery's latest grand group exhibition is as impressive and interesting as always. It contains paintings of well-known local artists ranging from Zainul Abedin and Quamrul Hasan to Ahmed Nazir and Laila Sharmeen.
Zainul Abedin's Riverside features fishermen done in sketches of black, brown and beige, while the boats are in blue and grey. SM Sultan's work has village women sitting and helping men getting their fishing nets ready. In the background are houses, trees, and haystacks while there is the riverside in front. It is in brown and green with a lot of strokes in black. Safiuddin Ahmed's work has a female figure bending down in simple blues and blacks. The background and foreground are blue.
Abdus Sattar's portrait has an exquisite woman with short hair standing against a tree. This painting is done in details -- showing clothes and jewellery. All the strokes are in soft pastel shades except for the dark outlines. Shahabuddin's work has three speeding horses in a battlefield. These are done in stark black and grey, with only the faces and hooves being given in some discernable details while the rest of the lines are suggestions and impressions. The speed is denoted by streaks of grey.
Naima Haque's Untitled is a portrait of a seated woman, presenting the figure from the back. At her side is a water container, while the background is dotted with shades of blue, matching the rest of the painting. The sari is streaked with blue as well. Abdus Shakoor's Mahua and bird presents the character from popular folklore adorned in a yellow sari with dots. The rest is in blue and yellow. Her hair is a mane of brown and black. She is surrounded by flowers and triangular motifs.
Qayyum Chowdhury's Spring in acrylic has floral motifs in yellows and greens. Rafiqun Nabi's Baul has three figures playing the ektara and flute. Blues, oranges and yellows delineate the musicians.
Ifitikhar Ahmed's Searching space is in geometrical lines and shapes with the symbolic compass contained within the grey sky and the land in front. Ranjit Das presents a woman in blue, flecked with white in Waiting. Her face and hands are golden while the backdrop is blue, black and grey. There is texture work in orange, white and black.
Monirul Islam's collection of oil on paper, titled Spring memory has abstract motifs with black and white lines that are sliding, gliding and twirling. Circles and suggested figures enter the composition. Jamal Ahmed's Pigeons are in acrylic and they appear resting on a riverside. Each feather is worked in detail in pink and blue. The land at the back is reddish grey while the water is in streaks of white and grey.
Kanak Chanpa Chakma's Searching peace brings in monks in saffron and red, seen talking to each other. Laila Sharmeen's painting Dutta, Dayadham, Damyata has splashes of colours in which one finds lines and dots representing boats, kites, blossoms and clouds.
Each and every painting is worth pausing and admiring. The exhibition ends on April 23.