A printmaking exhibition titled Timber Tales by a trio of youths is under way at Alliance Fran莽aise de Dhaka in the capital.
The nine-day exhibition features 20 prints created in the woodcut process addressing nature, folk and human emotion.
Artist Monirul Islam inaugurated the event 聽 on June 17.
The three artists鈥擜bu Al Naeem, Rakib Alam Shanto and Shakil Mridha鈥� who have recently completed their Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Fine Arts 聽degrees in printmaking from the Dhaka University fine arts faculty have organised the exhibition.
At the exhibition, Shakil Mridha is displaying seven prints depicting rural women, boats, birds, fish, flowers and rural elements through a folk art style. His colourful folk motifs with abstraction create a modern expression of folk tradition. 聽
Rakib Alam Shanto, on the other hand, is displaying his large-scale black and white prints, exploring rough organic texture with realistic images that depict the Old Dhaka, old buildings and the River Buriganga. His six artworks capture the raw essence of the beauty of nature and also the emptiness of nature in the contemporary city life in Dhaka.
Abu Al Naeem鈥檚 seven colourful semi-abstract prints, however, explore human emotions with chaos, texture and symbols. His works depict displacement, silence and destruction with multiple impressions in a single image.
鈥榃e organise this exhibition to display our contemporary print practice in woodcuts as independent artists being inspired by the current rich art scene of Bangladesh,鈥� Shakil Mridha said, adding that the exhibition is self-curated to explore the artists鈥� freedom of thought and practice.
The exhibition will end on June 25.
