Artists fight for poverty-free Bangladesh
Sunday, 28 December 2008
Our Correspondent
FARIDPUR, Dec 27: Wood sculptors Bahar and Shojol are engaged in the creative art not for the earning a living but for their passion for fine arts. Through their works, they want to convey the message of the need and importance of building Bangladesh free from poverty and hunger.
An exhibition of their wood sculptures took place at the Faridpur Shahitya Shangskritik Unnayan Sangtha on December 16 last in observance of the Victory Day where fifty rare art works reflecting the spirit of our country's freedom struggle, stark reality of famine and natural calamity as well as extolling national heroes and natural beauty of our country.
The main art works are titled as Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib with his mother, seven Birsresthas, great famine of 1974, Vishwa Kabi Rabindranath Tagore, national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, mass grave of 1971, flood affected people, life in the area prone to river erosion and the natural beauty of Bangladesh.
Abu Sufian Mohammad Kushol, secretary of Faridpur Shahitya Shangskritik Unnayan Sangtha said he found a natural creativity in the works of the sibling, living in Laxmipur area of Faridpur town, which inspired him to facilitate such an exhibition. He sought government support to nurture their creativity.
FARIDPUR, Dec 27: Wood sculptors Bahar and Shojol are engaged in the creative art not for the earning a living but for their passion for fine arts. Through their works, they want to convey the message of the need and importance of building Bangladesh free from poverty and hunger.
An exhibition of their wood sculptures took place at the Faridpur Shahitya Shangskritik Unnayan Sangtha on December 16 last in observance of the Victory Day where fifty rare art works reflecting the spirit of our country's freedom struggle, stark reality of famine and natural calamity as well as extolling national heroes and natural beauty of our country.
The main art works are titled as Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib with his mother, seven Birsresthas, great famine of 1974, Vishwa Kabi Rabindranath Tagore, national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, mass grave of 1971, flood affected people, life in the area prone to river erosion and the natural beauty of Bangladesh.
Abu Sufian Mohammad Kushol, secretary of Faridpur Shahitya Shangskritik Unnayan Sangtha said he found a natural creativity in the works of the sibling, living in Laxmipur area of Faridpur town, which inspired him to facilitate such an exhibition. He sought government support to nurture their creativity.