Subscribe to ShahidulNews Newsweek by Alexandra A. Seno ‘Geometric Landscapes and the Spectacle of Force’, Seher Shah. Seher Shah / Courtesy of artist and Bose Pacia, New York “Why have there been no great women artists?” asked American art historian … Continue reading
Subscribe to ShahidulNews Apni kisher chobi tolen? Just what is it that you’re taking a picture of? It’s a question a photographer is commonly asked. It happens particularly when a lens is pointed at nothing in particular. At least nothing … Continue reading
Subscribe to ShahidulNews What of the photograph made out of nothing? What about painting with light? Is it photography? Surely if we can paint with light we can paint with dreams, create the morning mist or the afternoon glow. Is … Continue reading
Shahidul Alam in an interview with New Age by Rahnuma Ahmed Media reports on “Crossfire” exhibition Latest report in Indepndent Shahidul Alam’s exhibition, ‘Crossfire’ (a euphemism for extrajudicial killings by the Rapid Action Battalion), was scheduled to open on March … Continue reading
By Satish Sharma The shutting-down of two photographic exhibitions in Dhaka’s Drik Gallery in just the last few months proves that Bangladesh’s censors, unlike lightning, can strike at the same place more than once – especially where Drik’s photographic practices … Continue reading
New Age Editorial THE siege, so to speak, of the Drik Gallery by the police on Monday, to force cancellation of a photo exhibition on extrajudicial killings by acclaimed photographer and Drik managing director Shahidul Alam, not only undermined the … Continue reading
He was clearly a peasant, and appeared to have travelled a long way to get to the photography museum. But unlike other visitors to the museum, he didn’t make his way to the exhibits or marvel at the splendour of … Continue reading
Subscribe to ShahidulNews The first Friday of every month, we would clear out the furniture of Bijon Da’s “Boithok Khana” (drawing room), move some of the chairs out to the verandah, and set up a table for the speakers. People … Continue reading
(Left to right: Abir Abdullah/Drik, Golam Kasem Daddy/Drik, Abdul Hamid Kotwal/Drik, Nasir Ali Mamun/Drik, Rashid Talukder/Drik, Mohammad Ali Salim/Drik) 150 Years of Photography from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh [ 21 January – 11 April 2010 ] The work of Bangladesh’s … Continue reading
The Golam Kasem Lecture Series By: Dhali Al Mamoon 6th September 2009. Drik Gallery Dhaka Painting and Photography Dhali Al Mamoon Is there an art form that does not draw upon other disciplines? Are literature, music and architecture not informed … Continue reading
