Looking through images from a trip to Mandawa, struck by the fact that a Shekhawati painting on a wall has been partially blocked by another wall….. obviously the owners do not consider these to be worth preserving!
Category Archive for 'art'
Sensory overload!
Posted in art, Artist, Exhibition on Apr 13th, 2012
Works by around 300 Bangladeshi artists in one place at one time…… it was just fantastic but a complete overload for the brain trying to absorb so much art at one time. Need to go back to spend time appreciating selected pieces Artist Shahabuddin Ahmed talking and gesturing at the inaugural ceremony of the Dhaka [...]
Does it satisfy?
Posted in art, Photography, WIP on Mar 20th, 2012
Using the camera [and related paraphernalia] and photography as a medium without thinking of the technical aspects, enjoying the entire process of making an image from the time of seeing and composing a picture in the viewfinder to the end-result on paper [or screen] : the satisfaction level? MASSIVE. Yes, a lot! Click the images [...]
Panam Nagar – tribute exhibition
Posted in art, copyright, Exhibition, Sonargaon on Feb 21st, 2012
While driving down Gulshan road 56 and turning at 55, noticed this nice looking poster advertising a water-color painting exhibition “A Tribute to Panam Nagor” at Khazana restaurant organized by ‘Arts Council Dhaka’. A small poster stuck on the glass door of Khazana shows the full picture ….. OK, so a half-blue door is a half blue [...]
Nuts about bolts
Posted in art, Artist, Babla, Dhaka, Exhibition, metal, Sculptor on Jan 23rd, 2012
….and screws, washers, nails, bits and pieces of things we might not think twice about – are Babla’s material for his art. Exhibited on 22nd Jan 2012 at Dhaka.