Enhancing the Identity
"I participated in many art camps and festivals, but I never experienced such an ambience; organised management, and enthusiasm amongst the young artists who made the 'Joypurhat Fine Art Festival' a grand success. My experience of participating at the festival is unequivocally evocative of a creative Bangladesh, if such festivals are gradually arranged in every district of the country,” said eminent artist Professor Samarjit Roy Choudhury, who inaugurated the festival in March 2016.
Organised by Charukala Utshab Joypurhat 2016 Udjapan Parishad, the art camp aimed to create a soulful breeze between the artists of several generations. To inspire creativity and to diffuse the practice of science and culture among the students of the rural schools, the event -- held at Teghor High School premises, Joypurhat -- turned out to be an accomplished fine art festival that featured the making of paintings by the young and prominent artists; cultural performances like presentation of songs, composed by Panchakabi and several folk bards; Santal dance; a craft fair; a visit to the historical Paharpur Buddhist Monastery and Museum and a display of artworks by the participated artists and students.
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About a hundred noted artists including, Samarjit Roy Choudhury, Abdus Shakoor Shah, Rezaul Karim, Farida Zaman, Naima Haque, Ranjit Das, Afzal Hossain, Mohammad Eunus, Mostafizul Haque, Nasreen Begum, Ahmed Shamsuddoha, Moniruzzaman, Shameem Subrana, Rafi Haque, Anisuzzaman, Bipasha Hayat, Harun-ar-Rashid Tutul, Abdus Sattar Toufiq, Maksudur Rahman, Rezaun Nabi and Alaptagin Tushar along with former and current students of the Faculty of Fine Arts of University of Dhaka participated in the festival.
A six-day art exhibition, featuring outcomes of the festival, was concluded last month at the Zainul Gallery, University of Dhaka. Asaduzzaman Noor, cultural affairs minister, inaugurated the exhibition as chief guest. “Such a festival should be held regularly throughout Bangladesh. I am spellbound to hear the beautiful experiences of renowned artists who went to Joypurhaat, interacted with and offered tutelages to local school students, participated at art camp, cultural programmes and exhibited their artworks there.”
The exhibition at Zainul Gallery was a successful one. Apart from numerous abstract, semi-abstract, realistic, figurative, portrait, landscape and nature paintings and sculptures by the renowned artists, the show offered some brilliant works by the young artists and the students. The students' works were based on diverse themes like nature, heritage, landscape, Liberation War and the flora and fauna.
“Song of line-2”, depicted by Samarjit Roy Choudhury, is a marvelous acrylic piece that captures the time-honoured folk heritage synced with lyrical lines. Abdus Shakoor Shah also portrayed folksy feminine grace together with elements of nature. Aloptogin Tushar, in his work “Sobuj Upakkhyan”, superbly showcased an insect creeping on a tender branch of a tree.
Alongside academic studies, the students of the locality portrayed paintings in small groups, recited poems, performed music and dance and staged play. Above all they took lessons on becoming good human beings through the artistic and cultural practice.
Organising such an event is inspiring for us all, the art loving people of Bangladesh. If such arrangements are organised on a regular basis across the country, Bangladesh will soon be generating a pool of creative generations.
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