Posted in art, Artist, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Exhibition, Gallery, Kuhu, Photography, Portrait, Radius Centre, Rokeya Sultana, school, Smita Srivastava, street photography, Strobist, Ujwala Prabhu on Nov 14th, 2008
Children from USTAV School Dhaka visit Radius Gallery to view the “Jhaal Muri” exhibition, and they all seem to have had a wonderful time. We asked them which pictures were their favourites – very diplomatically they said “ALL”! Apparently they then all sat on the floor and recited poetry and did a few dances, I [...]
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Posted in art, Artist, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Exhibition, Gallery, Kuhu, Portrait, Radius Centre, rickshaw, Rokeya Sultana, Smita Srivastava, street photography, Ujwala Prabhu on Nov 9th, 2008
Jhaal Muri artwork on diaplay at Radius Center gallery, the exhibition opened on 8th November. Here is a catalog of the work by the artists, Kuhu, Rokeya, Smita and Ujwala. This is an incomplete listing, more to be added as soon as I get back to Dhaka and can photograph / upload the rest. KUHU [...]
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Posted in art, Artist, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Exhibition, Gallery, Kuhu, Photography, Radius Centre, Rokeya Sultana, Smita Srivastava, street photography, Ujwala Prabhu on Nov 7th, 2008
The Hanging…. As terrible as that sounds, it is not that terrible at all! Except that it did take the mickey out of us getting the sequencing, spacing and positioning the way we wanted it to be. No compromizes. The artwork was hung and taken down 3 times before we got the right look we [...]
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Posted in art, Artist, Dhaka, Exhibition, Gallery, Museum, rain, Rokeya Sultana, Shilpakala Academy, Smita Srivastava, Ujwala Prabhu on Oct 24th, 2008
A lovely drizzly holiday day… just perfect for a drive out to the Institute of Fine Arts after a couple of drinks and a spicy hot South Indian lunch! Â …and then to enjoy the artwork displayed at one of the 3 venues [Shilpakala Academy] of the 13th Asian Arts Biennial being held at Dhaka. [...]
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Posted in art, Artist, Bangladesh, ceremony, Dhaka, Exhibition, featured, Kanak Chakma, Nirmalendu Das, Photography, Portrait, Rokeya Sultana, Smita Srivastava, talent, Ujwala Prabhu, WIP on Jun 1st, 2008
Artist friend Rokeya Sultana [she is a Professor at the Institute of Fine Arts as well] asked me to photograph the 7 day Printmaking Workshop proceedings at the Institute of Fine Arts Dhaka University organized by The Bengal Foundation during 18th to 24th May 2008. Visiting Professors Nirmalendu Das and Pinaki Barua of Vishwa Bharati headed the the [...]
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At the Print-making Workshop – Insitute of Fine Arts, Dhaka Univ A few assorted images … Click the thuumbnails for a full photo. And it rained, a sudden storm that brought the temperature down. Every one went out into the outdoor corridors to enjoy the rain and cool breeze..and roasted peanuts [with spicy hot [...]
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22nd May 2008 – A walk about at the Art College / Institute of Fine Arts at Dhaka University… with Stein Naevdal. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
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