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Juneer Kibria presents Bhangur

16 November 2005, 18:00 PM
LIFESTYLE
By Ershad Kamol
16 November 2005, 18:00 PM
Memoirs-I
Young artist Juneer Kibria's work is experimental both conceptually and aesthetically. He has created a juxtaposition of stylistic elements in a series of abstract, yet emotional pieces. Some of these depict pleasant memories while most of them are full of pathos. And the use of materials like encaustic (wax and oil paint), resin, and collages of burnt newspaper articles are likely to attract Bangladeshi viewers. The perfect juxtaposition of these mediums has created layers of textures. Juneer also uses recognisable symbols like handprints, foot prints, leaves and others.

The solo art exhibition of Juneer Kibria, titled Bhangur (Fragile), ended yesterday at the Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts. Juneer's father, eminent artist Mohammad Kibria inaugurated the week-long art exhibition on November 10. Artist Rafiqun Nabi and artist Mahmudul Haque were the special guests of the opening ceremony. 85 art works under the sections of "Impression", "Memories", "Journey", "A moment trapped in time", "Ode to a wall", "Blue", "Reflection", "Composition", "Pages", "Memory in blue", "Rain", "Structure", "Cells", "Reason in blue", "Distilled", and "Silenced" were exhibited in the exhibition.

His series titled "Ode to a wall" aptly depicts the tone of the artist. "Ode to a wall" is in fact an ode to childhood memories. The use of subtle colours and hand marks on the suggestive wall represents some childish activities, which is not Juneer's own but universal.

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In the "Memories" series, Juneer has used collages paper and woods, which represents fragments of his memory, but they are clipped and burnt. Each words of the collages of newspaper like "Nabokallol" and text books is a metaphor, which represent childhood in a happy family environment.

In the "Impression" series, Juneer Kibria's fossil-like work represents fleeting memories. The way Juneer applies encaustic to create an abrasive, rock-like texture mimics a fossilised environment. Here also Juneer has a foot print in the encaustic medium, which depicts childhood.

The resin and encaustic mediums have also been skillfully used in his "Journey" series. In the series, bubbling amber resin has been used to resemble shattered glass, which represents the complex journey of every individual.

Two interesting works in the exhibition are "Rain" and "Blue". Both the works represents harmony as well as serenity of nature. In his former work, Juneer has wonderfully created the pace of rain by using different layers in encaustic. In his "Blue" series Juneer has created a serene picture through abstraction using encaustic medium, which symbolically represents the child's purity of mind.