“Fog Horn”: An avant-garde exhibit at port city

An avant-garde art exhibition titled “Fog Horn: An Unbound Art Episode” exhibited the works of artists coming from different discipline at Chittagong Club Limited yesterday. 

“We planned on showcasing the works of artistes who work independently and not having any particular institutional background. We wanted them to show us how they see the society and how they want the society to be, and moreover how they think about their personal sphere, by blowing a horn and removing the mist they hold before themselves,” said Sanjida Tanny, the emcee of the exhibition said.

The exhibition presented 45 mixed media artworks of 10 artistes.

Sharmin Rahman, the leader of Dhyan- Chittagong Art Centre came with four of her series work 'Perspective'. Dogmas enforced by world leaders turning people into puppets, confinement of women around the world, struggle of a woman in the street of a lower-income country and the profile of two tribal man and woman working hard but struggling to have control over fate - were the theme of her series.

Anika Tabassum and Adhra Fardin, two students from Asian University for Women also brought their works to the exhibition. Anika, through her stroke of brush with acrylic, enhanced the celebration of Women's Day by African women on the canvas. Adhra came with the theme of loneliness as she painted the windows of a dilapidated and old home which hold memories of the past residents. She was inspired to create this work by seeing an ancient ruin in Kolkata.

“Cup Heads” and “Drown” were titles of artworks of Fairooz Nazifa, a student of Independent University, Bangladesh. Fairooz, inspired by early twentieth century art movement Dadaism, came up with the bold attempt to present her own-self using mixed media for creating a self-portrait.

Six digital drawings by Sifatul Alam, a student of North South University were showcased in the exhibition. The artist wanted to express his urge to normalize different social taboos enforced by the society on women. “Lust”, “Kiss”, “Flower of Afterlife” and “Creep” were the titles of his works.             

Graphic designer Ruthba Irteza Chowdhury dazzled the viewers with the use of watercolour, charcoal and ink. Ruthba wanted to declare to power of art as an immortal force by portraying famous artistes Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dali and David Bowie with the drawing of their skeletons.

Besides, the works of a BUET student Yafiz Siddique, and three graduates of Fine Arts department of University of Chittagong -- Maruf Adnan, Lubaishu Chowdhury and Riyad Mahmud were also on display at the event.

The two-day exhibition will end today.