An art work of Laila Sharmeen Bangladeshi artist Laila Sharmeen showcased her recent works in Paris, the art capital of the world. The two-day prestigious art fair titled 'Art Shopping' was held at the Carrousel du Louvre last week. She had shown her works at this global forum in 2013 as well.
Leading art galleries from around the world represented about 450 artists at this art fair, an annual rendezvous of artists to this epicentre of world art. She was selected for this mega show by Museum of the Americas and represented by Argentine gallery LOFT ESPACIO ALFA.
She exhibited two of her latest works in mixed media on paper.
She has 11 solos and over 50 international shows to her credit. In 2011 she won a Purchase Prize at the prestigious 16th Space International Print Biennial held at OCI Museum of Art in Seoul, Korea. In April this year, she had shown her works in watercolour and print media at the three-day Artexpo New York. She represented Bangladesh in 2013 World Art Games held at different cities of Croatia. Over 400 international artists were invited to the event marking Croatia's accession to European Union. She had also participated in the first Argentine International Contemporary Art Exhibition and the Effectto Biennale in Mexico in 2012.
Her works demonstrate an artist whose sole concern is about devising some playful cultural codes that are intrinsically related to the stories emanated from essential Bengali hearts and psyche. Moreover, through many paintings, the insightful artist also expresses her frustration and agony about the anomalies that have been engulfing the whole world in recent times. But at the core of her heart she is a romantic dreaming about a utopian world amidst obscurantisms, hypocrisy and deceit.
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