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Reminiscences in Lahore

2009-11-17T07:49:00.000+07:00

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Reminiscences in Lahore

Fayza Huq

Tayyaba Begum Lipi’s controversial and iconoclastic artistic works have been admired both at home and overseas. Her endeavours, in connection with the Britto Trust has always been something to write home about. To add to her artistic knowledge, Lipi visited Pakistan recently, this being her second visit. Her enthusiasm to add to her thirst for knowledge has taken her further on to the first world countries-- but they have not always been recounted or recorded, even in passing. Using razor blades, paintings of exotic legendary birds with women's head and other haunting female forms in the veil, Lipi, in her installations at Lahore, created quite a stir in her quest for liberation of the human mind.

Lipi's installation in Lahore.

The studio where she worked named after RM Naim, is reportedly Pakistan's largest gallery, and draws artists from all over South Asia. Naim is a teacher in Lahore, in the Painting Department while his wife, Sadaf Naim, a teacher in fashion designing, was the co-ordinator for the programme. "In our tight schedule, I had only ten days to work in which I did two paintings, four feet by four feet, and an installation which was eight feet by five feet,” says Lipi. “Apart from exchange of ideas and views in our 'addas', we had a formal presentation, as in the case of most residencies. A rapt audience of about 200 art enthusiasts, artists and critiques gathered there to view and discuss the exhibition. A text by a British critique, who resides in Karachi, summed up the work," says Lipi.

One of the paintings contain the artist's own shape, wearing a "burqa", and has a camouflage which recalled motifs taken from army uniforms. This, in turn, mingled with more images of wriggling and floating sperms that were created by drawings done with pen and ink. The point that Lipi wanted to drive home was that she felt that army government heads are often confused and depressed, the world over, and not quite as confident or buoyant as they may appear to be. "There is similarity and difference, I believe, in our existence, as that in our rulers -- who formulate the guidelines and patterns of our everyday existence and lifestyle. As many countries are Islamic there are some basic fundamental similarities -- should one care to examine deep and ponder over the situation. The suppression of women's rights is there in numerous countries. As I reckon, the socio-political and economic situations in many countries in the third world are similar. The razor blades that I've used symbolise the harsh and thoughtless means to bind and control women. I've used about 3,000 silver and black razor blades in all-- some seen hanging and others being pasted on. When the spotlight of the gallery fell on the blades, mystifying, dancing shadows resulted. The ' burqa' stood for a stultifying cage. The female corpse, meanwhile, was cut out of plywood." says Lipi.

The other participants at the residency says Lipi, went in for paintings, as Pakistani artists, specially in Lahore, are mostly painting-based, and do go in for sculpture or installations in a big way. The exception, according to Lipi, was Osman Ghowri from Karachi , who taught print-,making at Lahore, and who had painted a plastic heart in gold and mounted it on board. This presented a play of human feelings. Apart from this was Ghowri's screen print, tinted with tealeaves, carrying the symbol of a germinating seed. This was delineated with different types of textures.

"Sadaf Naim, meanwhile, had a painting with women's figures with covered heads. She too had suppression of women in mind. Sabah Khan, a Fullbright scholar scheduled for the US, in turn, dealt with different types of interlacing designs, with the subject juxtaposed in front in the form of a bird, says Lipi. Her work involved narration of stories with incredible humour. Irfan Hassan, who was originally from Karachi, and who had studied in Lahore, was basically a student of miniatures, had also fascinating entries. Like many Pakistani artists, his miniature had contemporary thought content and technique , although it had the famous Moghul miniatures as its roots. His topic was contemporary, as was seen in the fairly recent workshop at Drik, Dhaka, which had an instructor from Lahore.

Lipi uses razor blades to symbolise the harsh and thoughtless means that are adopted to control women.

"The present miniature work from Pakistan is undoubtedly mind-boggling. Each such miniature painting takes two weeks to a month to complete. Such is the effort put on tiny pieces of paper that one can count every single strand of hair on the heads of the human figures," says Lipi.

Commenting on the Lahore artists, Lipi says: "They are definitely well aware of what is going on in the field of Fine Arts. This may be said of not just the artwork of in and around the Subcontinent but the world over. I was surprised that so many of the artists there were acquainted, for instance, with my work. Their curiosity for other parallel experimental work appealed to me greatly. In Bangladesh, I feel, artists have their exhibitions, but fail to have much interaction with other fellow artists or visitors. When painting or sculpting, the artists there have a clear content matter in their minds and are ready to answer anyone about their work, instead of being taciturn or arrogant.

“Even the ordinary gallery visitor, and not just art students, came up with numerous questions, which spoke of their enquiring minds. In fact, I grew somewhat exhausted with the battery of questions, so that I had to take refuge in an inner room for the time being. Each individual, in the constant stream of viewers, had questions to fire me with, and I was naturally elated by this rapport with the Lahorites.”

Painting by Lipi.

Lipi had been to Lahore earlier, and she is totally fascinated with the city with its historical Moghul architecture, bewitching gardens and their exotic flowers and birds. She was also fascinated with the manicured lawns; turrets of mosques and palaces and ramparts of forts. “This centuries-old city -- with its racing horse-drawn carts, mustachioed men with turbans and floating garments; "parathas" and mouth-watering "kababs"-- is surely a spot with tremendous artistic sensibility and savoir faire,” says Lipi. The spirit of the adventurous and artistic Moghuls is in the air -- even if one goes to the ordinary" havelis" (houses) with their unique sense of leisure and work, adds Lipi.

“One feels that one is a "dramatis personae" in a centuries old enfolding drama, while viewing the exotic and ancient place that has resulted in the flowering of the enquiring modern mind of the 21st century,” says Lipi. Lipi mentions that it is no wonder, that young Pakistani artists have successful exhibitions today at Mont Marte and Victoria Albert Museum . Available scholarships to UK and the US for these artists are there too, to encourage them. The number of local patrons of these artists is also heartening. Their sale, in Bangladesh, in comparison, can only be compared to that of master painters, she concludes.

.Copyright (R) thedailystar.net 2009

Sculpting Bangladesh

2009-11-13T02:27:00.000+07:00

Mushfique Wadud searches out the stories behind the most significant sculptures of Bangladesh, the majority of which are monuments to the struggle and spirit of independence, and learns why each and every one is indispensable to our heritage and identity.

On October 18, the chairman of a faction of Islami Oikya Jote (IOJ), Fazlul Haq Amini, on behalf of the Islami Ain Bastobayon Committee threatened to pull down every single statue around the country declaring that the establishment of statues were against the principles of Islam.
The statement came in the backdrop of the government decision to pull down five baul statues, from the city’s airport area on October 15, by officials of the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) and civil aviation authority after protests from a radical Islamic organisation called the Khatame Nobuyat (anti-Ahmaddiya movement), whose members tried to pull down the statue only a day or two earlier.

For over a month, different rights’ group, cultural organisations, progressive students’ organisations of the Dhaka University and other educational institutions, cultural personalities led impassioned protests against the government for pulling down the sculpture. The movement, however, appears to have died down for the time being.
Meanwhile, the military-backed interim government who, over the last 20 months have taken various radical steps to reform political parties and age-old institutions once again failed to respond to the threats posed by fundamentalists – something that the government has been consistent at from the beginning be it responding to their protests against the Prothom Alo cartoon, their criticism of the women development policy, and even their threat to destroy the Shikha Anirban, a symbolic monument to the contribution of the armed forces in the war of liberation.
Many of sculptures that have been built around the country represent the great struggles of our history as a nation, most notably the war of independence. As academics and cultural activists point out, sculpting is an art form which is different from idol worship, something the religious bigots have associated it with. Also, in a secular society, there must be equal respect for all religions, beliefs and forms of art, they say.
‘Sculpture is a three-dimensional art form that can be touched by anyone. Even a blind person can touch it and visualise it,’ points out Lala Rukh Selim, associate professor at the sculpture department in Dhaka University who has been teaching sculpture for thirteen years.

Sculpture teachers, art critics and historians inform that sculpture practices started in East Pakistan in the 1950’s. Novera Ahmed deserves credit for starting and popularising sculpture in Bangladesh.
Moinuddin Khaled, art critic and professor at City College says that in the 1950’s Novera Ahmed used to arrange many sculpture exhibitions in different areas. From then onwards people were attracted to sculpture.
Enamul Huq Enam, associate professor of the Sculpture Department, Dhaka University says artist Zainul Abedin tried hard to establish a sculpture department in Dhaka University.
‘Zainul Abedin took the initiative to establish the sculpture department and Novera Ahmed and fellow sculptor Abdur Razzaque played a very important role in helping him accomplish it,’ he says. ‘It was mainly because of Abdur Razzaque’s sincere efforts that the sculpture department was established in Dhaka University.’
But it was after the liberation war that sculpture practice in the true sense started in Bangladesh to commerate the contribution of different forces in our war of liberation, according to Khaled.
‘Many important sculptures were built in the 1970’s.’
Cows with Two Figures
Novera Ahmed’s sculpture ‘Cows with Two Figures’ is considered the best modern work of sculpture in Bangladesh. It was built in the late 1950’s. ‘If you talk about modern sculptures, you have to consider Novera’s sculpture. I do not see any modern sculpture except Novera’s,’ says SM Kaiser, associate professor at the Fine Arts Institute in Dhaka University.
Moinuddin Khaled describes Novera Ahmed as someone dedicated to sculpture as an art form. ‘Her work reflects this dedication. We can see the agricultural Bangladesh in Novera’s “Cows with Two Figures”,’ he says. ‘Farmers working in agricultural land are seen on this sculpture which is a common scene in rural Bangladesh’, he adds.
Lala Rukh Selim says Novera’s ‘Cows with Two Figures’ is aesthetically and technically a very good work. ‘In the 1950’s she tried hard to attract people towards figurative outdoor sculptures. In 1958 she built an outdoor sculpture titled “Cows with Two Figures” which is now located in front of the National Museum,’ she says.
Another associate professor of Sculpture Department in Dhaka University Enamul Huq Enam informs that this sculpture had for a long time been in FR Khan’s house, situated near Khamar Bari at Farmgate. Then it was transferred to the Dhaka Museum.
Jagroto Chowrongi
Abdur Razzaque’s ‘Jagroto Chowrongi’ is considered one of the best sculptures in Bangladesh both in form and theme by art critics and the masses. Located in Joydevpur, Gazipur, and built in 1973, it is the first post-liberation war sculpture. It depicts a freedom fighter in rural clothing with a grenade in his right hand and a rifle in his left hand.
Enamul Huq Enam says that freedom fighter Aminur Ahmed Chowdhury gave every possible support to build ‘Jagroto Chowrongi’. When Chowdhury went to Russia to undergo an operation, he saw many beautiful sculptures there and decided to establish a sculpture in Bangladesh. The artist himself died on October 23, 2005.
Lala Rukh Selim also appreciates this sculpture as significant. ‘It is probably the first post-liberation war sculpture. It is a huge work with a monumental quality. And the sculpture has enough free space around it to enrich its aesthetic beauty,’ she says. ‘I believe sculpture should be at a good place where there is enough free space so that people can enjoy its aesthetic beauty’, she adds.
Enam, who was a student of Razzaque’s, says his mentor knew the sculptural language well. ‘Art lovers can judge Abdur Razzaque’s sense of proportion by looking at “Jagroto Chowrongi”,’ he says. ‘Visitors can recognise the sculpture’s expression from a very long way away. If you go close, it may seem to him that something is missing. That is when a critic’s eye may notice the disproportion of the body. Razzaque sir told me that it was because of the civil engineers’ lack of skill. They made its leg proportionally small to make it a strong figure so that natural calamity cannot destroy it.’
Shontrash Birodhi Raju Sharokh Bhaskarjya
Located in Dhaka University campus, Shaymol Chowdhury’s Raju sculpture is one of best sculptures in Bangladesh. It is dedicated to a student who was killed while protesting against campus violence. The student was Moin Hossain Raju. The sculpture is called ‘Shontrash Birodhi Raju Sharokh Bhaskarjya’ (Raju Memorial Sculpture Against Terrorism). It was built in the late 1990’s.
‘In my opinion, the Raju sculpture is the most attractive and one of the best sculptures in our country,’ says poet, art critic and architect Rabiul Husain. ‘It represents the power of the student’s movement against oppression. It is also a place of cultural communion.’
‘This sculpture is very significant as it is a symbol of student’s protest against terror’, says SM Kaiser, associate professor at Fine Art Institute in Dhaka University.
Oporajeyo Bangla
Translatable as ‘Unbeatable Bengal’, Syed Abdullah Khalid’s ‘Oporajeyo Bangla’ is perhaps the most famous sculpture in Bangladesh built on the theme of Independence in 1971. It is located in front of Faculty of Arts and Humanities of Dhaka University. Although work on the sculpture started in 1973, it took a long time to wrap up. The work was disrupted several times due to financial, political and other problems.
The two male figures represent a villager and a city dweller respectively and the woman standing with a first aid box. ‘It is a symbol of national ideology. It tells us that the unity of the people of Bangladesh is very high,’ Selim says.
‘“Oporajeyo Bangla” is a symbol of strong mentality,’ says Rabiul Husain. ‘The sculpture tells us that people from every group joined the liberation war. They are desperate to free their motherland from all kinds of oppression.’
‘“Oporajeyo Bangla” is also significant for its good placement,’ says Lala Rukh Selim.
Shabash Bangladesh
‘Shabash Bangladesh’ (Bravo Bangladesh) is one of the most renowned sculptures in Bangladesh. It is located at Rajshahi University premises. It is another sculpture tribute to those killed in the war of liberation. Nitun Kundu is its creator. The sculpture is interpreted as an inspiration for the youth of Bangladesh to never stop fighting against injustice and building a better nation. The sculpture, which shows two male figures in motion, portrays the virility of youth and their unquenchable thirst for freedom. ‘“Shabash Bangladesh” is one of the best sculptures in our country,’ says Rabiul Husain. ‘Movement is its main characteristic. When we see it, it seems that something is coming out of the wall. In my opinion, the sense of motion came through for the first time in this sculpture, out of all liberation war themed sculptures,’ he adds.
Heavily swayed by the futurist movement, it is also a sombre reminder of the great war of liberation in which hundreds and thousands of Bengalis took up arms to fight occupation and injustice.
Professor Ahmed Kamal, chair of the History Department, Dhaka University, says ‘Though it is a very attractive sculpture, the theme is more important than its attractiveness. Its theme is the spirit of the liberation war.’
Duronnto
Sultanul Islam’s ‘Duronnto’, located in front of Shishu Academy, is a symbol of children’s innocence. It was built in 1986 and inaugurated on June 20, 1987. It had to be broken and rebuilt twice. At Abdur Razzaque’s request, sculptor Enamul Huq Enam replicated it in wax and then in bronze, to his loss.
‘I had a budget of only Taka 30,000 for transferring it to bronze. I had to spend Taka 20,000 from my own pocket,’ says Enamul Huq Enam. It is a realistic work but Sultanul Islam built it without any model.
‘“Duronnto” is a good sculpture of children at play. It represents the innocence of children and the liberation of the mind,’ says Rabiul Husain.
Shoparjito Shadhinota
Translated as ‘Self-earned Independence’, ‘Shoparjito Shadhinota’ was built in the early 1990’s in front of the Teachers-Students Centre (TSC), Dhaka University by famous sculptor Shamim Shikdar. At the time of inaugurating the sculpture, a section of people threatened to destroy it. Students crowded around the sculpture from the very early morning. Nothing happened and the sculpture is still standing with pride. This sculpture expresses the representation of all sections of people. It represents the masses’ movement in the liberation war for Bangladesh. ‘The sculpture is very important to our life as it reminds us of our liberation war,’ says Rabiul Husain.
Songsoptok
Built by sculptor Hamiduzzaman Khan, this sculpture is located at the Jahangirnagar University campus. It depicts a freedom fighter with a hand missing yet ready to fight against the Pakistani forces. He carries a rifle with his one hand. It is a symbol of the freedom fighters’ courage and how important the liberation war was to everyone.
‘I wanted to show that our freedom fighters fought against the Pakistani forces even when they had nothing to fight with,’ says Hamiduzzaman Khan, who is the chairman of Dhaka University’s sculpture department.
‘“Songsoptok” is a man who is wounded but wants to face his enemies. In a word it is excellent,’ says Rabiul Husain.
Shampan
Another well-structured sculpture is ‘Shampan’. Located in Chittagong and built by Nitun Kundu, it is important mainly because of the innovative architectural design that Kundu developed with his innovative powers. An important feature of the sculpture is its reference to ancient cultures. It is abstract in nature with curves and sharpness in its vast form.
Bhaskarjya Bagan
Located in Chittagong, ‘Bhaskarjya Bagan’ (Sculpture Garden) was built by Alak Roy. It was built in late 1990’s. ‘“Bhaskarjya Bagan” is a sculpture that symbolises the relation between man and nature. There are many figures like men and trees on this sculpture, many archetypal motives that represents ancient time,’ says Moinuddin Khaled.
Alak Roy was initially a painter, says Enam. ‘But in sculpture, he has his own style,’ he adds. ‘Roy uses his individual quality. Though Roy follows western sculptors, we find an Indian flavour in his works as well.’

The debate
A faction of people has been protesting against sculptures using the argument that sculptures are prohibited by Islamic law. But where is the line drawn?
‘Sculptures are the best art form to motivate masses towards a particular ideology both in the present and the future. They also help people be reminded of a particular event,’ says Rabiul Husain.
This rejection to sculptures for Islamic law in Bangladesh is unjustified according to Husain, as sculptures exist in many Muslim countries. ‘There is a statue of Nasir Uddin Hozza in a Muslim country,’ he says. ‘But people do not worship the sculpture.’
Moinuddin Khaled, however, is of the opinion that a section of people intentionally try to relate sculptures with idol worship. ‘As many are religious, some people try to misguide the masses saying that sculptures are related with idolatry which is prohibited according to Islam,’ he says. ‘In fact they are intentionally doing this to take advantage. But people do not worship the sculptures.’
However, amongst ordinary citizens, there has been some concern about the location of the debated baul sculpture which stood very close to the permanent Hajj camp. Some art critics and sculptors also question the quality of the work.
‘We have to be careful so that no one can build sculptures which are not up to the mark in public places,’ Khaled continues. ‘There should be a committee for building sculptures. In this committee, sculptors, architects, city planners, artist, historian and art critics should be included and they would decide where to build sculptures.’
Lala Rukh Selim agrees. ‘I believe sculpture should be at a good place where there is enough free space so that people can enjoy its artistic beauty. The main purpose to build sculptures in the city is to help people enjoy their aesthetic beauty which helps make their minds tranquil.’
‘In Bangladesh the history of sculpture dates back to the Pakistani period. At that time there was no protest against sculpture. Why protest now?’ Khaled asks.

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Display of artworks by street children

2009-08-17T06:49:00.002+07:00

Display of artworks by street children

Students of 'Ashar Pothay' with one of the organisers (C)

The StreetWise Art Exhibition was held recently at the Radius Center, Bays Galleria, Gulshan, says a press release. The exhibition, which started on December 7, displayed an impressive array of artworks by street children, aged between 4 and 15. The young artists are students of the 'Ashar Pothay' school, a StreetWise pilot project. Reproductions of the artworks on T-shirts and a set of greetings cards were also on display at the exhibition.

'Ashar Pothay' embarked on its journey in January 2006. Located in Badda, it is like a sanctuary where the children, faced with poverty, hunger, abuse, and the associated dangers of living on the streets, can meet 5 times a week from 9am to 4pm. Here they are taught Math, Bangla, English, Computer Studies, Religion, Music and Art and Crafts. They can also enjoy story telling, coaching and games. In addition they are offered breakfast and lunch. A savings programme ensures that they can contribute and provide for their families while pursuing their dream of getting an education that will help them break free from the shackles of hardship.

Fifty percent of the revenue earned from the sales of these products goes to each child's savings account, while the rest goes back into the StreetWise project. It is StreetWise'e dream that this ongoing effort will allow 'Asar Pothey' to become self-sufficient and graduate to a boarding school in the near future.

Editorial : Exploration & expansion of fine arts

2009-08-17T06:37:00.002+07:00

Fineartsbd.com is a site dedicated to the exploration and expansion of fine arts; we intend it to be a resource for people all over the world, especially for Bangladeshis who want to explore various art forms. It is also designed to act as a medium for expanding quality art works to mass people. The creators of this site earnestly want it to be like a cultural café where men come, explore and get enriched. Fineartsbd.com is a wonderful collection of all forms of fine arts. It contains paintings. And in addition, you may find resources on sculpture, photography, film, dance, theatre, poetry and so on. This is how it’s different from other sites of similar type. Unlike others, it concentrates on the different branches of Fine Arts. You don’t think a single branch will represent the whole tree, do you? The life-blood of the site is youth. It’s a pleasure to welcome the young people to knock at our door and get their art works published. We know how it is to be an unappreciated painter or an unpublished poet. If you really think you’ve attained quality, (and if we agree with you,) you’ll see your signature, vivid below your painting or with your poem. With the youth, fineartsbd.com also contains works by the masters like sultan or zainul abedin. The masters are our history, and the youth is our future. Fineartsbd.com is rooted in Bengali tradition; but, it has been nourished by art as a universal human faculty which goes beyond national borders. Enriched thus, we hope to bloom a divine flower with petals of countless colors.

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