Iskindar Mirza's “Illusion of Colour” at AFD
“Illusion of Colour”, the second solo painting exhibition by promising artist Iskindar Mirza is currently underway at La Galerie, Alliance Française de Dhaka.
Eminent artist Mustafa Manwar graced the occasion as the chief guest on April 13. Eminent artist Professor Samarjit Roy Choudhury and Professor Nasreen Begum, Faculty of Fine Art, University of Dhaka attended the programme as special guests. Nirupoma Naher, Human Resources Associate, United Nations Development Programme also attended the opening ceremony as guest of honour.
Iskindar Mirza is dedicated to creating illusion of colours through his artworks. There is a kind of sorcerous enticement in his artworks, he believes, when colours are present. Iskindar's key paintings depict horses of old Dhaka, as well as buffaloes, blacksmith, women, flower, leaves, nature, and many traditional artifacts of Bangladesh.
Through the blending of assorted hues, the artist tries to create a synergy that evokes what he feels; be it the likes of distant past, lost culture and tenderness of the nature around him. The people of Bangladesh, their livelihoods, their beasts of burden, the environment they live in, their lives' somewhat harmonious placidity -- all have multitude of colours in them that are both parti-coloured and illusive. Iskindar Mirza has only tried to bring that congruity to light.
Iskindar Mirza completed his BFA and MFA from the Department of Oriental Art, Faculty of Fine Art, University of Dhaka. He has attended more than thirty group exhibitions. His first solo exhibition was held at Zainul Gallery in 2015.
The exhibition is open from Monday to Thursday (from 3pm to 9pm), and on Fridays and Saturdays (from 9am to12noon and 5pm to 8pm) till April 24.
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