The sixth edition of a group art exhibition titled A Thousand Tales featured women artist’s artworks at the Safiuddin Shilpalay in the capital’s Dhanmondi.
The four-day exhibition, inaugurated by artist Syed Abul Barq Alvi on Friday, featured 29 young women artists’ 63 artworks created using acrylic, oil, watercolour and mixed media on paper and canvas.
The artworks depicted diverse issues, including village festivals, urban trend, religious events, landscapes, nature and everyday struggle of women.
The struggle of working class people also depicted in artworks with social issues, including flower seller, tea gardener, and boatman.
Curated and supervised by artist Ripon Kumar Das, artworks of artists, including Aadrita Mrinmoyee, Aesha Mirei Iwase, Kazi Faiza Tasnim Neha, Mantaqa Tahiyat, Nabila Hossain Samara, Nadezhda Ahmed, Rimjhim Chowdhury, Rubada Rufaida Hasan, Sabha Sumaiya and Subaiyta Jahan, were being displayed in the exhibition.
Acrylic on paper titled Kheya Parapar by Aadrita Mrinmoyee shows a boatman driving a boat with his strong muscles.
Kazi Faiza Tasnim Neha’s acrylic on paper titled Machher Bazar-1 shows professional fish cutting in fish markets.
Acrylic on canvas titled Mama Chitte Niti Nitte by Nabila Hossain Samara shows a woman dancing against the odds.
Rubada Rufaida Hasan’s carving on paper artwork titled Rupkatha shows a woman walking on a street by avoiding all bad words against her.
‘The exhibition was rescheduled many times because of the July student-led mass uprising. Most of the participants of the exhibition are studying different educational institutions, but they learned art to me,’ said Ripon Kumar Das.
‘This exhibition displayed young artists’ contemporary thoughts, visuals and experiences of what they faced every day. We plan to raise fund for cancer survivors through this exhibition,’ Ripon added.
