Shawdesh desk:

Bangladeshi and Indian artists are displaying prints created with different techniques at a group art exhibition titled ‘Expressions in Graphics’ under way at Galleri Kaya in Uttara, Dhaka.

The exhibition is featuring 63 artworks by 27 artists created as per techniques, including aquatint, linocut, woodcut print, offset lithograph, serigraph, dry point and others.

The exhibition is displaying artworks by Bangladeshi artists Abdullah Al Bashir, Abul  Barq Alvi, Anisuzzaman, Ariful Islam, Asmita Alam Shammy, Ankur Singha,  Chandra Shekhar Dey, Fahad Uddin, Juton Chandra Roy, Kamrul Khan, Mahmudul Haque, Murtaja Baseer, Muslim Mia, Nagarbasi Barman, Rafiqul Islam, Rafiqun Nabi, Shahabuddin Ahmed, Kamruzzaman Sagar, Kaosar Sikdar, Ratan Mojumder and Shahid Kabir, and Indian artists Atin Basak, Debasish Roy Bhowmik, Jayanta Naskar, KG Subramanyan, MF Husain and Pushpal Deb.

The artworks depict Covid-19 crisis, urban architecture, landscapes, portraits, figures and beauty of nature.

Shahid Kabir’s etching artwork titled ‘The Street Circus’ created in 2016 shows a TV cameraman filming a goat performing in a circus show.

Ratan Mojumder’s woodcut print titled ‘Divided society-1’ created in 1988 shows many white boxes on a black surface symbolising individualism in a society.

Muslim Mia’s woodcut print titled ‘Face’ created in 2022 shows the face of Gautama Buddha.

Murtaja Baseer’s linocut print titled ‘Shoe Shine Boy’ created in 1954 shows a boy carrying shoe-shining equipment in the street.

M F Husain’s offset lithograph print titled ‘100% literacy of Kerala’ created in 2002 shows people in Kerala, India reading books and newspapers.

Asmita Alam Shammy’s etching print titled ‘Transformation of Time’ shows a dry sunflower.

The nine-day group exhibition, which was inaugurated on May 27, will end today.