Award-winning Bangladeshi printmaker and painter Rokeya Sultana is ready to launch her monograph and exhibition in both India and Dhaka.

The exhibition will open on October 23 at the Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, to be followed by shows in Kolkata and Dhaka, read a press release.

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The landmark exhibition traces the artist's fascinating trajectory from when she worked in Santiniketan as a student under the guidance of Somnath Hore, Sanat Kar, and Lalu Prasad Shaw; to her artistic career subsequently in Bangladesh with Safiuddin Ahmed and Mohammad Kibria as mentors. Under their tutelage, she straddled diverse mediums and experimented with different narratives that were a unique expression of her own moods, emotions, and intuitions.

To commemorate this landmark exhibition, Bengal Foundation will release their recently published monograph, which has been produced in close collaboration with the artist.

The book launch took place on Wednesday 6 October at the Indian Cultural Centre. Eminent historian, writer, and chair of 1971 Genocide Torture Archive and Museum, Profesor Muntassir Mamoon, along with the High Commissioner of India in Bangladesh, H E Mr. Vikram Doraiswami launched the book. A pop-up exhibition at the venue is on display until 9 October, from 12 pm to 6 pm every day.

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Profesor Muntassir Mamoon said 'this exhibition is a matter of great pride for the Bangladesh art scene. The Exhibition will give you a perspective of Rokeya Sultana's journey as an artist and also reflect her emotional connection with these works as a woman. The book is also very insightful and I am glad to have this in my collection'

H E Vikram Doraiswami said 'Rokeya Sultana's unique expression of her own moods portrays a very beautiful story. We are hopeful that this exhibition will play a significant role to boost the art scene of both India and Bangladesh. We are looking forward to more meaningful cultural exchanges to celebrate this friendship'

The show 'Rokeya Sultana' and the launch of the monograph, has been organised by the ICCR in collaboration with Bengal Foundation, to mark 50 years of the friendship of the two neighbouring countries of India and Bangladesh. Following the show in New Delhi, the works will travel to Kolkata in December this year, under the auspices of the ICCR. The show will be replicated in Dhaka by Bengal Foundation, in 2022.