Posted in art, Artist, Surayia Rahman on Jun 1st, 2010
A friend who has a very special collection of Surayia’s artwork gave me the opportunity to photograph a Surayia Rahman painting and several of her exquisite kantha tapestries. The crisscross lines in the painting are typical of Surayia’s work. Click for large view Their cat was a bit wary of me, but I was able to [...]
Posted in Bangladesh, Dhaka, Flower on Mar 16th, 2010
We’ve bought these over the years, collected a few, gifted several. Every antique shop in Dhaka used to have them, but these are getting rare [and expensive] now. Where did these come from, what is the painting style called, who were the artists who painstakingly applied their skill to these artful ceramic pieces? Would like to [...]
Posted in art, Artist, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Exhibition, Smita Srivastava on Jan 30th, 2009
Art by Smita Srivastava at a joint India-Bangladesh exhibition at the Chitrak Art Gallery in Dhanmondi Dhaka in January 2009. Some nice new pieces of work! Â Here is a detail from this painting – I love the “landscape-like” feel… Â Great exhibition, enjoyed viewing all the artwork from all 11 artists who participated.
Posted in art, Artist, Exhibition, Gallery, India, Meera Dayal, New Delhi, Pierre Hannoyer on Nov 6th, 2008
An art exhibition of drawings and paintings by Meera Dayal and Pierre ‘Boris’ Hannoyer, at India Habitat Center New Delhi India from 4th to 9th December 2008. A must see!