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Vol. 5 Num 83 Wed. August 18, 2004  
   
Culture


Tutul's painting exhibition for the flood affected


A fortnight long solo painting exhibition titled Painting for Flood Aid by Tutul Ahmed is on from August 10 to August 23. The venue is the UNICEF Gallery at Hotel Sheraton Annex.

In the exhibition of 18 canvases, Tutul, an ex-student of the Institute of Fine Arts, tells the story of the downtrodden people who live in sub-human conditions.Through some bright colours like red, yellow, blue, black, burnt sienna, gouache and green, Tutul has successfully presented the tormented inner life of the silent majority of the country. In each painting, he has created the environs with abstract motifs surrounding the visible silent silhouette background.

The interrelationship between man and nature is very important in Tutul's work. In his canvases, he has reflected the unexpressed emotion of man through the nature elements. Tutul has used both water colour and oils for his painting.

The most interesting canvases in the exhibition are Red Sky Series and Childhood Series. In the three pieces of the Red Sky Series, Tutul has created a red sky, a yellow moon and a gouache landscape in three different expressions. Through the symbolic red sky, Tutul's work depicts that if we express all of our thoughts on this evil society, even the sky will become red --a colour symbolically representing danger.

In the Childhood Series, the canvas-- Childhood-1, Tutul has used simple soft colours for a beautiful small house. However, for the frame of the house he has used bright burnt sienna colour. Childhood-2 also represents the happy childhood memories of a downtrodden man who has hit on hard times.

The other painting series were Images, Nature, Moon, Man and Nature. In each painting he has tried to reflect the emotion of the city dwellers in natural surroundings. Through some warm as well as bright colours he has portrayed the elements of nature on the canvases.

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One painting from the Red Sky series