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Preoccupation with nature

Fayza Haq
Mahmudul Haque, whose solo exhibition is bn at the Bengal Gallery, is exhibiting in Bangladesh after five years. In between he has participated in various joint exhibits as in Romania, Brussels, the US etc.
As an artist Haque always moves on, wishing to bring in new dimensions and expressions in his work. He has endeavoured to experiment in fresh ways.
although his subject has repeatedly been nature. "By nature I don't only mean rivers, trees, skies and fields but also man," says riaque. These are brought in an abstract way. "Paintings are not only the imitations of nature. The essence and beauty of objects are moulded in the work. When I present the foliage, barks and leaves of grass 1 have to do this through my brush and colours. If I depict a flower, I want to include its sweet fragrance too, and not just bring in
thejoyofits colour.
"1 did various presentation of nature in different phases such as "Foliage and life", "Rain" and this time I've brought in the "The dance of fife on the horizon". In the limited space of the canvas, I’ve tried to portray the vast expanse of nature around me --along with its rhythm, beauty and irresistible charm. The squares at the sides of the paintings are windows and doors to look out at the beauty around us: the trees, leaves, flowers, birds
and other elements of fauna and flora. Even when I study the rivers, I get a horizontal line, which I've worked on profusely on this occasion."
Mahmudul Haque says, he has learnt from all his teachers. This includes Hashem Khan and Kazi Abdul Baset, while Kibria was his "spiritual guru", as he puts it. "1 admired Kibria's essence of beauty with his mastery over lines, colours and forms. He taught me when I was a student even during the holi-
days. I was totally mesmerised by his works such as 'Donkey and the moonlight'. I was fascinated by his development from naturalistic paintings to abstraction. An artist always aims at combining his individualism with his work. 1 learnt the grammar of painting from various teachers but as regards the essence of beauty, 1 got it from Kibria," says Haque. "I admire him, but just as I'm influenced by Van Gogh, Matisse, Picasso, Miro, and Rothko, I don't copy them; and similarly I don't imitate Kibria, but rather 1 try to adapt the finer essence of Kibria's work."
Like his mentor Kibria, he too went to Japan for further studies for five years. His stay in Japan naturally left its impact him in his work. He has travelled to Europe and the US visiting the art galleries and learning from them.
Talking about how different is Bangladesh from Japan, Haque says that the art students there learn to value art from their childhood, and fine arts moulds their outlook and life from the outset. "Art in Bangladesh is still not understood and valued as it should. When 1 was going to study art, my family had objected, not quite realising the importance of art," says Haque.
He has won many awards including the Shilpakala Award, 10“ National Art Exhibition in 1992, and Honourable Mention Award, 8“ Asian Art Biennale, 1997. At present he is a professor at the Dept, of Print Making at the Institute of Fine Arts, D.U.
The exhibition ends on May 30“.