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Art & Culture Report

The 10-day solo art exhibition featured paintings, photography and sculpture exhibition by promising Romanian artist George Vasilescu ended recently at the Gallery of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Nimtoli in the city.

Prof Sirajul Islam, President of Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, inaugurated the show, as chief guest on October 11, while eminent sculptor Hamiduzzaman Khan, artist himself, among others, were present on the occasion. In the show, 13 paintings of Vasilescu were the use of cloths. Vasilescu has created the impression of rickshaw hoods with cloths in most of his paintings.

As a painter Vasilescu has innovatively presented human emotions in his figurative and abstract works following the colourful rickshaw painting style. The depiction of women in his paintings was also interesting, as he has interlaced the female figures with that of serpents in the paintings. A few of the works also featured women in veils. Bold colours usually used for traditional rickshaw paintings such as red, yellow and black have been used. Interestingly, black has been used to portray the figures, which was quite unusual.

In his 23 photographs, struggling characters of rickshaw-pullers were on focus. Therefore, there were six small bronze sculptures in the exhibition. Vasilescu said, "I came here two months ago. These works are a result of the short span of time during my visit in Bangladesh. Through this exhibition I have tried my best to represent my emotions and experiences in Bangladesh. Sculptor Hamiduzzaman Khan helped my a lot and inspired me to work here."