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Maksuda Nipa�s solo art show begins today
DL desk
A three-week long solo oil painting exhibition Chromatic Delusions by Maksuda Iqbal Nipa will begin today at Bengal Art Lounge, Gulshan in the city. Carrying the long tradition of Bangladeshi abstract painting a step further, Chromatic Delusions proposes a dialogue between the Modern and the Contemporary. European Union Ambassador in Dhaka Pierre Mayaudon and Professor Emeritus Anisuzzaman will jointly inaugurate the exhibition today at 5pm at the premises of Bengal Art Lounge.
Trained in Japan, where she studied oil painting techniques, Maksuda Iqbal Nipa is renowned for her colorful abstractions which she often composes on very large canvases. These exceptional formats form the backbone of Chromatic Delusions, where a number of impressive non-figurative artworks explore the depth and range of various tonalities. The viewer is in perpetual awe when facing Nipas chromatic studies: the slightest variation in lighting, distance or viewing angle seem to constantly reshuffle the entire composition.
According to art critique Javed Jalil, The pigments and the surface are Nipas point of departure. She then works the material with blind intuition combined with a deep feeling for the paint. Substances fuse and mingle into a holier fusion where mind, body and spirit thrive to sing as one, he added. Indeed, Maksuda Iqbal Nipas compositions cannot be grasped at a glance and require an active engagement from the viewer. Consenting to that effort is a meaningful experience, for the artworks on display in this exhibition invite to introspection.
The exhibition will remain open to all every day from 12 pm to 8 pm until November 21.
Where: Bengal Art Lounge,
When: 5pm (Inauguration)l
