The second solo painting exhibition titled ‘Illusion of Colour’ by artist Iskindar Mirza is currently underway at La Galerie of Alliance Française de Dhaka in the capital. The inaugural ceremony of the exhibition was held on Friday.

Eminent artist Mustafa Manwar graced the occasion as the chief guest, while eminent artist professor Samarjit Roy Chowdhury and Professor Nasreen Begum, Department of Oriental Art, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka attended the programme as special guests. Nirupoma Naher, Human Resources Associate, United Nations Development Programme also attended the opening ceremony as guest of honour.  

Iskindar Mirza has completed her B.F.A and M.F.A from Department of Oriental Art, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka. He has already attended more than thirty group exhibitions. His first solo exhibition was held at Zainul Gallery in 2015.

Artist Iskindar Mirza has dedicated to create illusions of colours through his artworks. There is a kind of sorcerous enticement in artworks — he believes — when colours are present. Iskindar’s  key paintings depict horses of the Old Dhaka, as well as buffaloes, blacksmith, women, flower, leaves, nature, and many traditional artifacts of Bangladesh.

Through the blending of assorted hues, the artist tries to create a synergy that evokes what he feels and he wants to feel: distant past, lost culture, or tenderness of the nature around him. The people of Bangladesh, their livelihoods, their beasts of burden, the environment they live in, their lives’ somewhat harmonious placidity — all have multitude of colours in them that are both parti-coloured and illusive.  Artist Iskindar Mirza has only tried to bring that congruity to light.

The exhibition will be open to all till Tuesday, 24th April 2018 in La Galerie, Alliance Française de Dhaka.

The exhibition is open to all till April 24 and can be visited according to the following schedule: Monday to Thursday from 3pm to 9pm, Friday and Saturday (9am to 12 noon and 5pm to 8pm). Closed on Sunday.

AFD: 26 Mirpur Road, Dhanmondi