Sultan Ishtiaque's solo painting exhibit at Gallery Chitrak
Young artist Sultan Ishtiaque's third solo painting exhibition is on at Gallery Chitrak, Dhanmondi. The exhibition, titled, “Figuration of Complexity and Urban Exploration”, showcases 45 works. Eminent artist Professor Rafiqun Nabi inaugurated the exhibit on July 14. M Muniruzzaman, director of fine arts department of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, hosted the inaugural event, presided over by renowned architect Professor Shamsul Wares.
The current exhibit somewhat pales in comparison with Sultan's first solo exhibition titled “Ultramarine”, held at AFD in 2014.Some of his works are beautiful in their composition and colour balance. “Urban Exploration-1” is such a work that represents commuters and passers-by of old Dhaka. The ambience of a sunny day is reflected with proper space, light and shades and nice composition. The series is commendable as well.
His other series, “Figuration of Complex Formation” is dominated by black hues, and some of them lack sharpness. Though some works relay a feeling of vastness, most of the works are not polished while blank space seems scarce in some of his canvases. The night view of the dockyard plays with chiaroscuro. There are intense lights of red with little shades of darkness. The small size of the working people at the dockyard shows the enormity of the place.
In the artist's figurative paintings, the figures appear somewhat stiff, and the mix of watercolour, acrylic and pencil drawings appear to challenge the artist. However, the colours red, orange, blue, black and ultramarine that dominate his paintings are easy on the eye.
The exhibition, open from 10am to 8pm daily, will conclude on July 25.
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