Of landscapes and figures
Homing in predominantly on the themes of vibrant nature and figures are realistic, semi-abstract and abstract paintings. The artists are Rokeya Sultana, AS Monjurul Hai, Abdul Mannan, Anisur Rahman, Zeenat Wahid, HM Bashirullah, Quader Bhuyan, Shamsul Hoque, Alauddin Ahmed, Mohammed Serajul Islam, Syeda Sazia Sultana, Zemrina Bente Ali, Lakshman Kumar Sutradhar, and the late Matiar Rahman.
Some of the works that immediately catch the eye of the viewer are Abdul Mannan's watercolour work, titled Our Country-1, which depicts a rural landscape and Rokeya Sultana's Relation in mixed media with three women and birds in the midst of nature. Other works worthy of attention are those of Zeenat Wahid (the vibrant semi-abstract Harmony, in watercolour) and the late Matiar Rahman's Cow boy an evocative village scene in watercolour.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Dwelling on the finer points of the exhibition, Nabila Rahman, managing director of the Art & Soul Gallery, says, " Each artist with his or her distinctive subjects, styles, forms, textures, colours are sure to stir our senses, provoke our awareness and touch our core in special ways. An assorted sense of emotions engulfs us when we see a piece of art...which is the fragmentation of the vision of our reality or manifestation of our fantasy."
The response to the exhibition, which concludes on March 12, has been fairly good but efforts are on to draw in more people. Next on the cards at the gallery is a display of etchings, engravings and wood cut prints, crafted by Mohammed Muslim Mia.