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Myths of Chittagong

ZAHANGIR ALUM, writes from Chittagong
A six-day art exhibition, tided “Chhobir Haat", is on at Artist Rashid Chowdhury Art Gallery of Fine Arts Institute (FAI), Chittagong University.
The exhibition, as part of the "Odommo Chattagram" festival hosted by The Daily Star, opened on March 30. Artist Sabih-ul-Alam, former principal as well as one of the founders of the Art College, inaugurated the exhibition as the chief guest.
Apart from the chief guest, Editor and Publisher of The Daily Star Mahfuz Anam; Chattagram Samity President Rezaul Haq Chowdhury Mushtaq; Professor Abul Mansur; Prothom Alo Resident Editor Abul Momen and Fine Arts Institute Director Mohammad Jasim Uddin spoke at the inaugural programme.
The exhibition is an outcome of a two-daylong art camp that was held at FAI. A total of 47 artworks (46 paintings and a sculpture; some joint works) by 21 teachers of FAI and several noted artists of Chittagong are being showcased at the exhibition.
The exhibition brilliantly features the beautiful nature and landscape, age-old heritage and myths, and of course the contemporary issues of Chittagong. Artistes of Chittagong have their unique expressions in interpreting the language of art. Several semi-abstract paintings at the exhibition uphold their strong political consciousness.
Alak Roy, a teacher at the department of Sculpture, FAI, is displaying a huge sculpture at the exhibition. The artwork refers to the myth of Karnafuli River.
“A couple (in love) goes on a pleasure trip on a sampan (local boat) on the Karnafuli River. The woman's karnaful (earring) falls in the river. Her lover jumps in the river to find the earring. But the ebb tide of the river takes him away and the romance meets a tragic end. This is how the myth of Karnafuli originated,’’ said Alak Roy.
The sculpture, representing the dead lover and the weeping face of his beloved, somewhat looks like a gloomy sampan. A painting by Osman Pasha also tells of the myth.
Aloptogin Tushar, a teacher at the Department of Drawing and Painting of FAI, has superbly depicted several wavy lines to portray hills, waves and much more. What stands out in his work is the fashioning of several female figures on the wavy lines.
TanjilTushi's love affair with lips and lipstick saturates the viewers in romance while Uttam Talukder's avid use of colour in his painting attracts art enthusiasts. Ashesh Das' sampan, as an emblem of eternal Chittagong, goes higher above all including hill, architecture and the Karnafuli in his painting.
Arifuzzaman Chowdhury has done a portrait (that looks like Stephen Hawking) inside a human brain shaped abstract work on white canvas. Several plucked Rudra Palash (spring time flower) are aesthetically depicted at the bottom of the canvas.
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showcasing incongruence of society and unconventional human behaviour while Dilara Begum Jolly's painting shows a phallic symbol. Morshed Chowdhury's depiction of several curvy figures, lotus and candle is amazing. Multidimensional forms and deft use of colour are noticeable in his work. A beautiful female figure is seen waiting amid chaos by a river in Soumen Kanti Das' work.
An artwork (intaglio print) by the late artist Rashid Chowdhury is also on display at the exhibition.
Mizanur Rahman, Nazlee Laila Mansur, Mansur UI Karim, Shah Mohammad Ansar All, Enayet Hossen, KMA Kaiyum, Syed Saiful, Nasima Banu, Shaila Sharmin, Taslima Akhtar, Hashi Chakraborty, Dr. Foyejul Azim, Mohammad Shaharul Haider, Nilufar Chaman, Sanjib Dutta, Tasadduk Hossen Dulu and others are also taking part in the exhibition with their artworks.
The exhibition is open from 1 lam to 8pm everyday and will end on April 5.