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Takir Hossain

Takir is the editor of the Art and Culture Department of The Daily Observer. His keen interests are on art and literature. As an art critic, his criticisms have been incorporated in many reputed artists’ books, brochures, national and international art journals as well as many other varied forms of creative publication. He has also graced the position of a jury member in a number of art competitions and carnivals. In his vibrant career he has covered several international exhibitions held in different countries across Europe and Asia. The writer can be reached at [email protected]

Hamiduzzaman’s Cerebral Creations

The artist's solo show at Gallery Chitrak

Takir Hossain

A pioneering watercolourist, Hamiduzzaman Khan is always searching for the esoteric chapter of creations in his voyages through the vast diverse ocean of nature. Most of his watercolours evoke a symbiotic relationship with bucolic nature and its various aspects. The simple life, panoramic view of rural ambiance where one can see the boats, untainted nature, ...

A Dialogue With Nature And Its Various Aspects

Quayyum's show opens today at Galleri Kaya

Takir Hossain

KMA Quayyum is a romantic and naturist painter. His works bring to life greenery, flora and other wonders of nature. He is known for his subtle, alluring works. Quayyum had his breakthrough in the '70s.His solo art exhibition, titled "Line & Life" opens today at Galleri Kaya, Uttara, in the city.Vivid colour and delicate tonal ...

Sharbari Dives Into Nature

Solo art exhibition at Gallery Chitrak

Takir Hossain

Sharbari Roy Choudhury paints nature and its various aspects with her individual style and technique. She portrays different types of themes but all of her paintings have a great similarity in terms of tone, textural intensity and approach of shades. Her modes of expressions are regarded as realism, semi-abstraction, abstract expressionism and expressionism. It could ...

Harmonizing Imagination With The Streams Of Water

Shohag Parvez’s solo show at Galleri Kaya

Takir Hossain

Nature has always been Shohag Parvez's greatest source of inspiration. He always tries to communicate with nature. The painter feels that the nature has an endless source of splendour, mystery and anonymity. He finds inspiration in the elaborate detailing of glimpses like light filtering through the leaves, sound of river's wave, the silence of nature, ...

Tajuddin’s visages merge with subtle tint and line

Takir Hossain

Tajuddin Ahmed has established his name among contemporary Bangladeshi painters by dint of his original works. These works allow the genius to articulate his passionate soul. Recently, Tajuddin has been working on the diversity in human faces with a distinctive style and flair. Like others, the painter has become overcome with a deep stress during ...

A kaleidoscopic meaning of nature

Ali Liakat’s show at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum

Takir Hossain

Ali Liakat was born and raised on the banks of the Baleshwari River in Pirojpur which is a district in South Western of the country. It is very natural that as a painter Liakat has been greatly influenced by his surrounding ambiance. During that time, his mode of expression was purely realistic and the painter ...

Rezowan’s artistic quest of greenery ambiance

Takir Hossain

Once, Rezowan Pilow was very popular in the Rajshahi art scene but now he spends his time in Dhaka. He portrays lush greenery, tranquil nature and daily chores of common people. He did many commissioned works, especially portraits of seasoned personalities. He also focused on burning issues like fundamentalism, religious bigotry, political turmoil and economic ...

Kamruzzaman’s ‘Pandemic 20’ bags Kazi Anowar Hossain Award

Takir Hossain

Feted Bangladeshi printmaker Kamruzzaman Sagar has recently bagged Kazi Anowar Hossain Award for his thought-provoking lithograph "Pandemic 20" at the 24th National Art Exhibition 2021, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA). The award giving ceremony was recently held at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Segunbagicha in the city. Kamruzzaman Sagar's image projects the pandemic's destructions through a peculiar point ...

A return to nature for paining ingenuous spirits

Takir Hossain

I finally could return to the natural ambiance of Sylhet with a couple of present-day art maestros, courtesy of Galleri Kaya Director Goutam Chakraborty. The second trip to the Nazimgarh Wilderness Resort lasted four days from June 20 when it refreshed my mindset and that of my compatriots. Goutam, himself a celebrated artist, wanted to ...

Homage To Syed Abdullah Khalid

Creator of Aparajeyo Bangla-the symbol of our identity and sovereignty

Takir Hossain

On a winter rainy day in the year 2003, I with some significant painters had an adda at Shilpangan Gallery at Road 5 in Dhanmondi. The adda was lively and our attention was suddenly grabbed by a man who came wearing a gamcha-turned-shirt. The man was restless and occupied with the phone. He was Syed ...