An 18-day solo art exhibition titled ‘Eternal Existence’ by artist Sourav Chowdhury will begin today at La Galerie of Alliance Française de Dhaka (AFD), Dhanmondi in the city. Managing Director of Berger Paints Bangladesh Limited Rupali Chowdhury will inaugurate the exhibition at 5.30 pm as chief guest, while director of Gallery Cosmos Tehmina Enayet, eminent artist Biren Shome, art critic Moninuddin Khaled will be present as special guests. As many as 35 artworks will be put on display in the exhibition.
Born in Rajshahi, Sourav Chowdhury received his Bachelor of Arts in Painting and did his Master’s in the same subject from the University of Development Alternative (UODA). The instinctive similarity of human nature from the primitive era to modern time has always amazed him. Not that the gloomy, ghastly and grim qualities of human nature do not exist in his cerebration, but Chowdhury tries to bring lots of positive energy by using bright colours and the liveliness of the figures to create a pleasant vibe in all of his artwork. For the last 6 years, Chowdhury has been working on a series of works titled ‘Civilization’ creating an environment of fantasy where mythological characters emerge in a playful mood that he tends to overlap with primitive cave paintings. Another series called ‘Eternal Existence’ is also about fantasy where the utopian gesture comes from his innate contemplation. He picks his figures from the Bengali folk art and draws them with the same motif, the manipulation happens as a twist in the spatial overlapping with primitive cave art figures where the juxtaposition of the two seems to haunt one another. He always tries to bring forward his dedication, hard work and passion for creating images on paper so that the intricate details of line and form create a depth of euphemism in his works.
The exhibition will remain open to all until May 9 and can be visited according to the following schedule— Monday to Thursday from 3 pm to 9 pm, Friday and Saturday (9 am to 12 noon and 5 pm to 8 pm; closed on Sunday.

Where: AFD, 26 Mirpur Road, Dhanmondi
When: Inauguration: 5:30pm, today l