Young artists and their mentor

By Cultural Correspondent
4 March 2005, 18:00 PM
Where are we going-2 by Abdus Sattar
The first phase of the Benson & Hedges initiative, Ampart, ended on yesterday with an exhibition of the artworks done by the 11 participants of the first "Mentor and Protégé" session conducted by noted artist Murtaja Baseer. The two-day exhibition took place at the Emmanuelle's restaurant at Gulshan. The ten-day workshop with artist Murtaja Baseer was held at the BRAC Centre for Development and Management at Rajendrapur.

The display projected series work by each participant. The noteworthy aspect of the exhibition is the use of bright colours in these oil-on-canvas works of the young artists. Especially red and yellow predominate the canvases that depict different themes--Women by Safin Omar, Living with Nature by Zakir-us-Salam, My Love by SM Saiful Islam, Ei Pothey... by Prasanta Adhikary, Ampart by Hossain Muhammad Farook, Elements of Nature by Imran Ali and Sakuntala with friends by Malay Bala.

The other series in the display were Where are We Going by Abdus Sattar, Just Feel It by Pintu Chandra Deb, Be Gold by Mehedi Hasan and Compartment by Aowlad Hossain. The display also contained Murtaja Baseer's paintings done during the workshop for his famous Wings series.