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The solo painting exhibition titled ‘Searching for Space’ by Iftikhar Uddin Ahmed is underway at La Galerie of Alliance Francaise de Dhaka, dhanmondi in the capital.
The inaugural ceremony of the exhibition was held on September 23 at the gallery premises.
Iftikhar Uddin Ahmed’s works are a dialogue between the past and the present, marked by an intelligent use of broken lines, doodles and textures. The element of time is manifest in the presence of wheels, broken pillars, clocks, and keys, in his semi-abstract compositions.
Artistes said about exhibition, “I am always searching for space in nature. To live in a dreamy and whimsical world and relate it to the real world is one of my traits. I think space is continuously moving and creates different dimensions on my canvas. I like to experiment with fresh and novel themes that impact on my works.
My paintings are marked by the use of, at times, almost conflicting colors, but my which nevertheless maintain a decorous juxtaposition as well as sensitivity of texture. I always indulge in portraying the aesthetic beauty in my mind.
My favorite subject is space moment is another, and one of the motifs that reappear in my paintings is the stairs, wheels, circle, ancient Egyptian symbolic and pyramid form something that symbolizes space, history, and time. I closely observed all kinds of changing in my surrounding atmosphere.
I try to capture my personal sufferings, aguish and despair. My lines are sometimes broken or appear as doodles, various familiar and unfamiliar forms are also scattered everywhere on the surface. Sometimes circle, triangle form, broken pillars, columns or unknown object appears in the middle and different composition. Adjacent columns, triangle form, broken pillars, subtle images, soft and glowing colors also create a panoramic I’m pact in my creations. Hopes, aspirations, dreams and nightmares are feelings and experiences evoked with passion. I allow all these ingredients to frequent my canvases in various symbolic ways.”
The exhibition will be open to all Monday to Saturday from 3:00pm to 9:00pm, until September 30. Closed on Sunday.
