Re: Art Exhibition by 2 Bangladeshis in Pakistan Successful
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Dacoit caught at Demra
Residents caught hold a dacoit while fleeing after wounding with bullet a
schoolteacher at Demra on Tuesday, reports UNB.
Shakhwat Hossain Sqmon (22) was beaten black and blue before handing over to
the police. Eammul Karim (30), teacher of Agrani Biddyani high school, was
admitted to DMCH with bullet injury. Locals said dacoits numbering 9 or 10
entered the house of Hanif Sheikh at Sontek at about 1pm where lived Karim.
On resistance the dacoits opened fire leaving him injured. On alarming
shouts people around rushed in and held Sumon. Others managed to flee.
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> Jamal and Kuhu: Taking Bangladesh art to Pakistan
> Kavita Charanji
>
> Recharged artists Jamal Ahmed and Kuhu Plamondon have recently returned
after a
> successful exhibition in Karachi, Pakistan. Their feedback: Jamal
> Ahmed'Pakistan has a lot of art-lovers. They highly appreciate paintings.
Some
> people came three or four times to the show. I haven't seen this in
> Bangladesh,' says an elated Jamal in his home-cum-studio.
>
> The viewers were attracted, he said, because they are already familiar
with the
> names of renowned Bangladeshi artists such as Mohammad Kibria and Zainul
> Abedin. Jamal, Associate Professor (of drawing and painting department)
> Institute of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka took 30 paintings to Karachi.
>
> Two works, which catch the eye immediately on entering his home, are the
life
> size figures of a man and a woman respectively. In the latter charcoal
work, a
> woman lies prone on the ground. This painting has several colours: red,
white
> and black. The man is a musician; he plays the dotara. He is also in
charcoal.
> Imbued with shades of green, black and white, he is taking a short rest.
'I
> sold almost everything and brought back only a few of my works,' says
Jamal. A
> lot of my work is in acrylic,' says Jamal. He remains dedicated to his
> favourite subjects--figures, landscapes and rivers.
>
> 'This time in Pakistan, I took mostly landscapes from Bangladesh--mustard
> fields, the riverside and seaside. I want to depict the life and culture
of the
> Bangladeshis. I am still doing pigeons. I think of these birds as a
universal
> subject. They can be seen everywhere,' asserts Jamal. In April next year,
Jamal
> is off to Madrid in Spain for a solo exhibition. He plans to take with him
20
> paintings, mostly portraits and still life. The theme: scenes from Dhaka.
>
> Kuhu Plamondon
>
> Artist and fashion designer Kuhu is equally enthusiastic about the Karachi
> exhibition. She took with her 20 figurative line drawings in monochromatic
> work, using mostly charcoal and pastels. Her favourite subjects are
ordinary
> men and women. 'I want to give the people on the street a distinctive
> character. My desire is to draw interesting figures and faces,' she says.
Going
> by the favourable response her works drew, there is better appreciation of
> drawings in Pakistan than in Dhaka. 'Most people prefer paintings in oil,'
she
> believes. Like Jamal, Kuhu uses live models. This, she believes, makes for
a
> livelier subject than photographs. 'In my art, I seek to draw my subjects
with
> the dignity they deserve. The models receive a fee from me for sitting as
well
> as a commission when the painting is sold,' asserts Kuhu. What is Kuhu's
unique
> selling proposition? 'In my work, the figures gesticulate a lot. Through
the
> use of light and shade, I seek to create a three dimensional work on a
flat
> surface,' says Kuhu. What of the future? Kuhu has been invited to exhibit
her
> figurative drawings in Pakistan again. Going by the tremendous response
her
> drawings have already received, her artistic graph is clearly on the
ascent.
> Jamal Ahmed (M) with spectators at the art gallery
>
>
>