Fawaz Rob's 'Dhaka, I Love You' held in Paris
Galerie Untitled Factory in Montmartre, Paris, opened a solo printmaking exhibition titled 'Dhaka, I Love You' by Bangladeshi artist Fawaz Rob recently, which was featured in French newspaper 'La Parisien.'
Fawaz Rob comes from architectural and design background, but he is also an internationally celebrated artist. His works have been shown in Nepal, India, Italy, Croatia and France. He accumulates his urban experience and creates a dreamlike scenario of Dhaka. He is an assistant professor at the Department of Architecture at North South University, Dhaka. Fawaz obtained his undergraduate degree from San Francisco, USA and Master's degree from Florence, Italy. He has worked in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Barcelona, Rome and Berlin before settling down in Dhaka as a university teacher.
As a protest to the recent declaration that Dhaka is the second least livable city, Fawaz explores the life and architecture of the place through his printmaking. His art also explores the everyday life of construction, traffic, rickshaws, crows and other natural elements of Dhaka. The artist is exhibiting around 30 etchings and aquatints on Bangladeshi handmade paper at the event.
“We tend to focus far too much on Dhaka's traffic congestion. However, this four-hundred-year-old city has many secrets hidden in its alleys. The Mughals, British, French, and even Armenians have left architectural marks in the city.” Most French people are unaware of Dhaka's life and architecture. This exhibition gives them a glimpse of the enchanting city in black and white.
Source: Forethought PR
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