Romanticism to impressionism: art to music

The early 19th century was dominated in Europe by the Romantics. Romanticism, sown by contemporary writers, poets and philosophers, gave rise to an aesthete that exalted emotion and nature and their representations in art forms. The Industrial Revolution, Napoleonic wars, the American Civil War and overall disenchantment with the status of society propelled the rise…

Embroider the world: tarshito

bengal gallery of fine arts, dhaka16 – 30 january, 2015 photos: mizanur rahman khoka and kamrul hasan mithon Nicola Strippoli Tarshito’s ‘Embroider the World’ exhibition weaves together legacies and heritages across cultures. Creation through cultural collaboration and appropriation is a major theme in all ofTarshito’s work but, Tarshito is also an innovator and inventor who…

Outside of social bondage: Mohammad iqbal

gallery kaya, dhaka22 august – 5 september, 2015photos: courtesy of mohammad iqbal The recent images of a two-year old refugee fleeing war in Syria and washed up on a shore in Turkey shook the world. Like thousands of others fleeing fighting, this child was in search of a better future away from strife. Heart wrenching…

Notation.reconstructed: Kazi ghiyasuddin

bengal gallery of fine arts, dhaka18 april – 26 may, 2015 photos: bks inan and mizanur rahman khoka Kazi exhibit at Ghiyasuddin’s the Bengal Gallery ‘Notation. Reconstructed Arts Exhibit at the Bengal gallery of fine arts in Dhaka is a journey of abstract expression replete with dichotomies. Juxtapositions abound in the artist’s ode to nature…