The New Nation - Internet Edition

Art & Culture Report

They have started their journey to move here and there in Fine Arts Institute when they were students of first year of then Pre-Degree in 1988. On that year an exhibition was held on the wall of the Institute of Fine Arts (IFA) to respect and touch the dream of Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin where 27 budding artists took part. They thought this on the veranda of Shahnewaj Hall of Dhaka University during that time. Then 19 years. After many reminiscences, pains and cries, a group of artists of that time gathered at Zainul Gallery of the IFA with their works to organise a group exhibition there.

A group exhibition of batch of 1987 at IFA organised an exhibition titled 'Charukala 87' at Zainul Gallery. The exhibition was ended recently.

Participant artists are - Amal Das, Managing Director of Colourview Ltd, Aminul Hasan Litu, Head of Design of Rangs Industries Ltd, SM Zayedur Rahman, Managing Director of Shape and Form, Debashish Paul, Assistant Professor of Ceramics Department of IFA of Dhaka University, Nobina Latif, Teacher of Sunnydale School, Nazib Tareque, Editor of T-Shirt Publication, Nazia Sharmin, Teacher of Scholastica School, Uttara, Nurun Nahar Supti, Teacher of Sunnydale School, Masudur Rahman, Managing Director of Vertical, Raquib Anam Anjan, Creative Director of Adcom Ltd, Lovely Chakma, Teacher of Aga Khan School, Shrabon Khan, Australian expatriate and Sonia Ishrat Jahan, Head of Print, Screen Print of Fabric.

Participant artists presented works on watercolour, pastel, collage, digital print, tempera, pencil sketch, stoneware, acrylic, terracotta and oil colour.

They expressed spring, women, thoughts of abstract, devotion, reflection of nature of Bengal and various lines in their works.

The exhibition was sacrificed for the treatment of their colleague Minoti Chishim, who has been suffering from cancer, said Sonia Ishrat, one of the participant artists.