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Artistic camaraderie

Group art exhibition at Radius Centre

Takir Hossain
A group art exhibition, titled "Colour of Time," featuring the works of 10 contemporary painters of Bangladesh, is on at Radius Centre in Gulshan, Dhaka.
The works are by Rezaun Nabi; the late Mohammad Fokhrul Islam; Zahir Hossain Newton; Mohammad Fakruzzaman; Mahabubul Islam Babu; Anisuzzaman Anis; Rajaul Islam Lovelu; Shaheen Akhter Lipi; Abdul Aziz and Fahmida Khatun.
Mohammad Fokhrul Islam, Anisuzzaman Anis, Abdul Aziz and Rajaul Islam Lovelu are recognised artists. They have tried to maintain continuity in their artworks. The rest of the participating artists are still exploring their respective niches.
Rezaun Nabi is the senior-most painter at the exhibition. He has experimented with landscape. He has admirably depicted broken contours, colour patches on the canvas. His colours ate well spread, and forms reasonably controlled.
Mohammad Fokhrul Islam's monochromic images present a pensive journey. At the exhibition, his work on display has been done on paper with print ink. The artist has used ink and mustard oil to create his enigmatic cosmic subjects and metaphysical landscapes. He died on April 6 this year. His works show signs of laboured delineation.
Mohammad Fakruzzaman's collographs are composition-based and space is a major
feature in his works — where ash, grey and black are noticeable shades. He is often inspired by the silence in nature and spirituality. A number of irregular forms floating around in loose consistency create a world of fantasy and longing. In the past, the printmaker has produced some interesting pure abstract works too, but recendy he has concentrated on volume and space. The painter lives and works in London.
Md. Abdul Aziz did his masters from the Oriental Department, Faculty of Fine Arts (FFA), University of Dhaka. Now he teaches at the same department. The artist is skilled in sketching romantic scenes. Over the years, birds, flowers and female forms in varied moods have been recurring themes in his works. At the exhibition, his watercolour ("Woman with Bird-1”) is polished with striking female figures and birds. Most feature an off-white shade turning into azure.
As a wood engraver, Rajaul Islam Lovelu gives an artistic life to his creation. At the exhibition, he has used metal plates, metal buttons and beads with wood. The texture of wood creates a different quality in his engravings. His works are replete with birds, trees, foliage, rural woman and pastoral scenes. Human forms are often merged with nature. His colours and forms keep telling us about Bangladesh and its splendid natural beauty.
Zahir Hossain Newton did his masters in Crafts from FFA. For the last few years, his
workshave mostly featured different types of birds and flowers. He has also been busy exploring the beauty of aquatic life. His compositions and forms are both intimately connected with graphic design. This trait lowers the standard of his works aesthetically and created an aloofness from painting. At the exhibition, his “Birds-1" depicts many kinds of birds seated by flowers.
Mahabubul Islam Babu contemplates surrealism in his works, which employ mainly cheerful colours with various realistic forms. His “Searching", features two horses, a numtier of crystal balls, tiny plant and branches as well as a piece of wood. The artist has tried to accumulate many elements on the canvas. His use of brush is refined and the objects are closely connected to each other. His themes represent the unstable political and social condition.
The exhibition ends on July 12.