The group art exhibition titled "Finding Nirvana in Life: Buddha of Bengal," featuring 42 artists from Bangladesh and India, began at La Galerie, Alliance Française de Dhaka (AFD) on Monday.
Organised by the cultural organisation Oriental Painting Study Group (OPSG), the exhibition showcases 71 artworks.
A total of 33 Bangladeshi and nine Indian artists are showcasing their diverse artwork in the media, including Oriental Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics, Paintings on Palm Leaves, Rickshaw Painting, Cinema Banner Painting, Wash Painting, Gouache Painting, Calligraphy Painting, Tempera, and Patachitra. The exhibition is curated by Mikhail I Islam.
Buddhist Vante Sanghananda Mohathero, Principal, Sylhet Bouddha Bihar; François Grosjean, Director, Alliance Française de Dhaka; and Dr Saymon Zakaria, Bangladeshi folk researcher and Deputy Director of the Department of Research, Bangla Academy, joined the inauguration ceremony of the exhibition.
The ceremony was followed by the premiere of the play "Nirvana" at AFD’s Courtyard at 7:30 pm, directed by Dr Lata Samadder. The play was adapted from Ashwa Ghosh's 'Buddhacharita’, translated by Sadhankamal Chowdhury.
Lata Samadder and Md Zahidul Islam jointly transformed the play, which was performed by the students of the Department of Theatre and Media Studies, Tejgaon College, Dhaka, and the members of OPSG. Professor Dr Md Harun-Or-Rashid, Principal, Tejgaon College, Dhak, inaugurated the premiere show of the play.
