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An artist's eternal attachment to the soil

Farida Zaman's solo art exhibition at Bengal Gallery

Zahangir Alom
A 14-day solo art exhibition titled "Bound to the Soil" by artist Farida Zaman is on at Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts in the capital. Foreign Minister Dr. Dipu Moni inaugurated the exhibition as chief guest on January 13.
Veteran artist Qayyum Chowdhury and managing director of Maasranga Television Anjan Chowdhury were present at the opening ceremony as special guests. Apart from the guests, the featured artist and the director of Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts Subir Chowdhury spoke at the function.
A total of 63 artworks by Farida Zaman are on display at the exhibition. A noticeable feature of the artist's works is the depiction of riverine life in Bangladesh. Her works movingly articulate the lives of fishermen and women.
Cats, fish, birds, fishing nets and dusky women are other recurring subjects in her paintings. The artist usually uses crimson, blue, yellow, orange, brown, black and other bold hues. In her latest exhibition, the artist predominantly uses burn sienna and ochre yellow to produce several exquisite paintings themed on marshy land and orange, red and yellow to depict her fond series 'Sufia', capturing bucolic and beguiling expression of the rural women. Farida Zaman's line drawings represent one of her main artistic traits. The lines, dots and various familiar forms are inspired by Bangladeshi folk elements.
Adept colour use coupled with marvellous scribbles, strokes and tonal variation surprisingly make a viewer stare at several works of the artist. "Morning Glory" and "My Land" are the tides of such works. Her "Expression-2", showcasing a female portrait, deserves accolades for having numerous dancing lines.
Her works truly document the everyday joys and woes of the fishermen community and rural life. The artist's "Cat and Fishing Net-2", done on a big canvas, portrays a watchful cat searching for fishes around fishing net Farida Zaman's love for nature and different seasons like summer and monsoon is superbly expressed in two of her works "Summer", depicting a
tropical flower Jaba (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) and "Rain". The artist has used acrylic on canvas and paper to produce all the works displayed at the exhibition. The exhibition opening from 12 to 8 pm everyday will continue till January 26.
Artist Farida Zaman was born in Chandpur in 1953. She is an illustrator and a designer too. The artist completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Bangladesh College of Arts and Crafts (Currendy Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka) in 1974. She did her Masters of Fine Arts at MS University of Baroda, India in 1978 and received her PhD from Visva-Bharati University of Shantiniketan, India in 1995.
Dr. Farida Zaman is a Professor and Chairman at the Department of Drawing and Painting of Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka. The seasoned artist has received many awards and honours including a cultural award from Australian government. The artist has held five solo exhibitions and participated in many group exhibitions both at home and abroad.