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!
Tag Archive 'painting'
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 [...]
A painting, and a cat
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 [...]
Flowers on my plate
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 [...]
Yet more art
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.