Entertainment Desk
A two-week solo art exhibition by Iqbal Bahar Chowdhury titled ‘Grits and Grains’ came to an end yesterday at the La Galerie of Alliance Française de Dhaka (AFD) in Dhanmondi of the capital.
About 60 artworks are put on display in the ongoing exhibition. Iqbal Bahar Chowdhury creates his prints imbuing them with a unique vision. His wood intaglio expresses a rather otherworldly landscape which he thinks stems from a juxtaposition of external as well as internalized experiences and thoughts. Through an elaborate process, he creates a saturated depiction of the environment and then continue scribbles using certain starting points of his thought, finally rendering a blend of reality and unreality into subtle shapes of symbolism and expression.
He seeks to develop a matrix of his surfaces by way of the nuances of his understanding of nature and art. His medium, printmaking itself is a remarkable process where instinctual dexterity and visual effects govern the process and lead him to the end.
The inaugural ceremony of the exhibition took place on June 14, where eminent artist Shahid Kabir was present as the chief guest.
Born in 1986 in Cox’s Bazaar, Iqbal Bahar Chowdhury earned his BFA and MFA from University of Development Alternative (UODA).
