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Drik: Photo power

by Shahidul Alam Posted on March 28, 2010

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 →

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Painting and Photography

by Shahidul Alam Posted on September 6, 2009

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 →

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The present as history. Life and death in Dilara Begum Jolly’s work.

by Shahidul Alam Posted on February 7, 2009

by Rahnuma Ahmed Flowers blossom, but with bullets in place of stigma. Bullets signal the end of fertility, the end of life. They signal death and destruction (After the end of time – 3). A chess board. The king wears … Continue reading →

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