Avi Shankar’s solo show ‘Mangrove Portal’ begins at AFD

The exhibition is open to all until July 19

A thirteen-day solo painting exhibition by artist Avi Shankar Ain titled ‘Mangrove Portal’ has begun at La Galerie of Alliance Française de Dhaka (AFD) in the capital’s Dhanmondi area. This is the second solo exhibition of artist Avi Shankar Ain Australian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Julia Niblett inaugurated the exhibition on Friday evening at the gallery premises. Writer Anisul Hoque, artist Nazia Andaleeb Preema and CEO and Managing Director, Dhaka Bank Limited Syed Mahbubur Rahman also attended the inaugural ceremony of the exhibition.

Enraptured by the different landscapes of Bangladesh, artist Avi Shankar Ain travelled and researched nature’s beguiling beauty to find inspiration for his canvas. He stopped at the south-western end of Bangladesh and found Sundarbans with a panoply of spotted deer. That was beauty like no other! Even when on one side natural calamities are gnawing at the forestry and on another side man-made machinations of harm are eating away years and years of biodiversity, Sundarbans and the spotted deer had ignited something in Ain. His canvasses found the spotted deer browsing in the midst of the mangroves’ tangled roots and thickets above ground, boasting their branched antlers.Ain employed acrylic media to elucidate his artistic passion for the beautiful forest and viewers are sure to be presented with a unique take on Sundarbans.

Avi Shankar Ain was born on February 8th, 1982 at Dhaka. As a part of his education, he did his Bachelor of Fine Arts  in Painting in 2008 from Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Then he did Masters of Fine Arts in Painting in the year 2011 at Kala Bhavana, Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan, India. He did his first solo exhibition in 2012 at La Galerie, Alliance Française de Dhaka.

The exhibition is open to all till July 19 and can be visited according to the following schedule: Monday to Thursday from 3pm to 9pm, Friday and Saturday (9am to12pm and 5pm to 8pm). Closed -Sunday.

AFD: 26, Mirpur Road

 

Avi Shankars solo show Mangrove Portal begins at AFD

The exhibition is open to all until July 19

A thirteen-day solo painting exhibition by artist Avi Shankar Ain titled Mangrove Portal has begun at La Galerie of Alliance Franaise de Dhaka (AFD) in the capitals Dhanmondi area. This is the second solo exhibition of artist Avi Shankar Ain Australian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Julia Niblett inaugurated the exhibition on Friday evening at the gallery premises. Writer Anisul Hoque, artist Nazia Andaleeb Preema and CEO and Managing Director, Dhaka Bank Limited Syed Mahbubur Rahman also attended the inaugural ceremony of the exhibition. Enraptured by the different landscapes of Bangladesh, artist Avi Shankar Ain travelled and researched natures beguiling beauty to find inspiration for his canvas. He stopped at the south-western end of Bangladesh and found Sundarbans with a panoply of spotted deer. That was beauty like no other! Even when on one side natural calamities are gnawing at the forestry and on another side man-made machinations of harm are eating away years and years of biodiversity, Sundarbans and the spotted deer had ignited something in Ain. His canvasses found the spotted deer browsing in the midst of the mangroves tangled roots and thickets above ground, boasting their branched antlers.Ain employed acrylic media to elucidate his artistic passion for the beautiful forest and viewers are sure to be presented with a unique take on Sundarbans. Avi Shankar Ain was born on February 8th, 1982 at Dhaka. As a part of his education, he did his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting in 2008 from Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Then he did Masters of Fine Arts in Painting in the year 2011 at Kala Bhavana, Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan, India. He did his first solo exhibition in 2012 at La Galerie, Alliance Franaise de Dhaka. The exhibition is open to all till July 19 and can be visited according to the following schedule: Monday to Thursday from 3pm to 9pm, Friday and Saturday (9am to12pm and 5pm to 8pm). Closed -Sunday. AFD: 26, Mirpur Road