Kerstin Gürke, Berlin If written images are not only read as text but seen and emphasised as colours and forms, then in the eye of the observer the text changes into an image. “Rational reading” shifts to “irrational seeing”. Can both forms of perception exist simultaneously? Levels of content and form interact and move […]
Category: Viewpoint
The limitless luminosity of Art: drawings, watercolours and oils
Syed Azizul Haque With his lifelong devotion to art, Safiuddin Ahmed has greatly enriched the tradition of drawing and oil painting in our country, besides making pioneering contribution to graphic art. His works display a wide experimental range, reaching out from academic pursuits to embrace some contemporary trends in European art. The result has been […]
Magic for Change
Lala Rukh Selim Dilara Begum Jolly’s critique of society seeps through its layers, from the all-encompassing arena of global politics, narrowing down to the national, the tribulations of women, the ravages of war and its impact on humanity and civilization, myth and religion. These layers are collected in formal groups and depicted in the language […]
Tayeba Begum Lipi by Abul Mansur
In Bangladesh, women who are engaged in the visual arts, often find themselves negotiating an adverse territory as they seek to locate themselves within a tradition where they have been historically discriminated against and which has been defined in male terms. While some women have dealt with these issues through deconstructing the visual imagery, others have disparagingly […]
মানুষের মনে প্রকৃতির ঐক্য তৈরি করা
ড. বোরহানউদ্দিন খান জাহাঙ্গীর শিল্পীর স্বাভাবিক প্রতিবেশ হচ্ছে বাস্তব। বাস্তবকে সবসময় খুঁজতে হয়, কামরুল হাসানের কাজে এই খোঁজার শেষ নেই। বাস্তবের উলটো কাল্পনিকতা নয়, বরং বাস্তব থেকে কাল্পনিকতা তৈরি হয়। কামরুল হাসান, তাঁর কাজে, এই বিরোধ ভুল বলে ভেবেছেন। ঘটনা হচ্ছে বাস্তব মুষ্টিবদ্ধ করার এক উপায়, বাস্তব ঘটনা থেকেই তিনি কাল্পনিকতা নির্মাণ করেছেন। শিল্পী মাত্র, […]
Candlelight Vigil
Ziaul Karim At first glance one sees a crudely done pen drawing of human figures on a tracing paper; but a closer look lets the viewer discover that the playful figures on the semi-transparent paper are scribbled on a close-up photo of a fashion model’s seductive and luscious lips. One realizes soon that this drawing […]
Home and the world
Dr. Syed Manzoorul Islam I have never met Niamul Bari – who has been living and working in New York since 1998 – and have seen only a few of his paintings that were on display in his last solo exhibition in Dhaka in 2010, but I can understand why he is considered one of […]
