Avi Shankar Ain's “Mangrove Portal” at AFD
The inaugural ceremony of the second solo painting exhibition titled, “Mangrove Portal” by Avi Shankar Ain has begun at La Galerie, Alliance Française de Dhaka on 7 July.
Julia Niblett, Australian High Commissioner to Bangladesh graced the occasion as chief guest. Writer Anisul Hoque, artist Nazia Andaleeb Preema and Syed Mahbubur Rahman, CEO and Managing Director, Dhaka Bank Limited attended the inaugural ceremony as special guest.
Delighted by the different landscapes of Bangladesh, artist Avi Shankar Ain regularly travels and conducts research on nature. He seeks beguiling beauty and diverse natural elements suitable for his canvas. He stops at the south-western edge of Bangladesh and finds a splendid display of spotted deer at the Sundarbans. This is a beauty comparable to nothing. Apart from natural calamities, the man-made harm are gradually eating up the biodiversity, natural habitation and harmony of the Sundarbans. This has ignited an artistic urge in Ain who has depicted the images of spotted deer roaming around the mangroves forest's tangled roots. The painter has employed acrylic media to create the beautiful forest and its scenic biodiversity.
Avi Shankar Ain completed his BFA (Honours) with MFA from the Department of Drawing and Painting of the Faculty of Fine Art, University of Dhaka. He also did a Masters in Painting from Kala Bhavana, Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan, India.
The exhibition is open until July 19 from Mondays to Thursdays from 3pm to 9pm, and on Fridays and Saturdays from 9am to12noon and 5pm to 8pm.
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