Exhibition 2012

Annual Art Exhibition
on 29 December '11- 4 January 12 at Zainul Gallery,  Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka.

Exhibition 2011

‘’Portrait of Time’’ a Group Art Exhibition
by Six Artist to be held on 19 - 23 November 2011 from 10am - 8pm at Zainul Gallery - 1

Moving Images 9
A testament to the Bangladeshi art revolution

“Moving Images 9” is an exclusive preview of contemporary art by nine groundbreaking Bangladeshi-born artists.
The show illustrates a silent revolution taking place in Bangladesh, a revolution in the exploration of newer forms of art and is running
from October 6 to 9 at the Saffronart Gallery in Fuller Building on Madison Avenue, New York, and will also be shown in Washington DC.

Artist: Wakilur Rahman, Anisuzzaman, Nazia Andaleeb Preema, Naeem Mohaiemen, Khaled
Mahmud, Kazi Sayed Ahmed, Ashraful Hasan, Bishwajit Goswami and Ashim Halder Sagor

Link: http://www.theindependentdigital.com/index.php?opt=view&page=25&date=2011-10-10

2nd Solo ceramic based Raku Art Exhibition titled ''Contemporary artifacts''
from 05 - 12 July at Zainul Gallery, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Annual Exhibition 2010
at Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka. Date: Friday, February 28 - March 8, 2011, Time: 11:00pm – 8:00pm

                                                                 Trap, Raku 4" x 4" x 2"                                            Urban Housing ,Raku 4' x 4" x 2.5"

Short Video Art Show, Kathmandu- 2010
Location: Saili restaurant, Babarmahal, Kathmandu. Date: Friday, January 14, 2011 Time: 5:00pm – 6:30pm

RE-SCREENING:
Location: PSM Art Gallery, Pokhara. Date: 25th January 2011 Time: 6.30 pm

Short Video Art show is being organized by Space A which is going to be held on 14 January, 2011 at Babarmahal, Kathmandu.  ISVAS is a congregation of national & International artists. All together 28 artists are participating in the show. The main objective of this video show is to give alternative space for artists who are seeking for alternative art practice which bring about changes in the society on social, cultural and political levels. It provides an opportunity for national & Int’l artists to explore beyond conventional & traditional art forms to arrive to one’s individual expression. It also helps people to explore creativity through interesting, interactive ways. Detail...

Life in the Dark
Video Art, 02.11 Minute, 2009

A tales about destitute, worthless and aimless people those are detached from all other dimensions of the life and adopted their daily life on the street. This is also become a phenomenon of the daily scenario of Dhaka city.  Being a part of regular life they reflect them self as creature from outer space. Along with the deprived and unfortunate people, a notable rich and educated community also involved with this shady surface of the life. They are being neglected from all other pleasant moment of the life as they happy with their own way. The curiosities of banded materials as well as the odium feelings on existence bring them to be part of this dark side of the life.  What they will so far, depression and dubious mentality hitch their every moment. Day by day they are sinking and despair themselves to fathom of meaning of the life.

Exhibition 2010

MONITOR 6 in London, Ontario

19 October 2010
In partnership with the McIntosh Gallery

Khaldoon Ahmed, Sharlene Bamboat, Athar Jahanian, Pranay Limbu, Divya Mehra, Asma Mundrawala, Holly Rodricks, Ashim Halder Sagor, Tejal Shah, Roger Sinha

Reception: 7pm, the McIntosh Gallery
Screening: 8pm, The University of Western Ontario, University College room 80

Cuaterd by Richard Fung

Monitor 6: New South Asian Short Film and Video is on tour at the McIntosh Gallery in London, Ontario.

Monitor is an experimental short film and video screening program that showcases work by and/or about South Asians from Canada and around the world. This annual screening program is a unique platform for independent work being produced by artists and filmmakers. Monitor 6 presents poetic, political and humorous short films and videos that explore the performativity of gender while drawing on personal narratives, communal rituals and critiques of mass culture.

Monitor 6 Jury: Jon Davies, Jaspreet Sandhu and Chandra Siddan.

Monitor 6 was originally screened on 24 April at the NFB Mediatheque, Toronto

Ongoing  Exhibition...
Meta Video screening as a part of Festival - Dhaka Safe And Sound
at Dhaka Art Centerfrom 18 to 31 October 2010, Organized by Goethe Institute, Bangladesh.

14th Asian Art Biennale Bangladesh 2010
from 14 October – 7 November@ Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh





tone One One Six
Five Young Artist group Art Exhibition
@ Faculty of Fine Art, University of Dhaka and The Exhibition will held from 8 - 14 July 2010.

                                                               I am not a Terrorist,  Raku, 2010

“Motion” by Manabendra Ghosh (top left), “Endangered Magi” by Ashim Halder Sagor (top right)
and “In Search of Natural Beauty” by Sumon Baidya. Photo: Mumit M.Zahangir Alom

A weeklong group art exhibition, titled 'Tone-One One Six' opened yesterday at Zainul Gallery-1, Faculty of Fine Arts (FFA), Dhaka University.

The inauguration of the exhibition was presided over by eminent sculptor Professor Hamiduzzaman Khan, chairman of the Department of Sculpture, FFA. Eminent artist Samarjit Roy Chowdhury inaugurated the exhibition as the chief guest.

Professor Abdus Satter, chairman of Oriental Art Department; Dr. Farida Zaman, chairman of Drawing and Painting Department; artist Robiul Islam, chairman of Ceramics Department; Professor Shishir Bhattacharya of Drawing and Painting Department and Associate Professor Nasrin Begum of Oriental Art Department of FFA spoke on the occasion as special guests.

The five participating artists are MFA students -- Ashim Halder Sagor of Ceramics Department; Manabendra Ghosh and Dipak Ranjan Sarker of Sculpture Department; Sumon Baidya of Oriental Art Department and Ratnashwar Sutradhar of Drawing and Painting Department of FFA.

All the participants stood first, securing first class, in their BFA (Honours) exams, except Ratnashwar Sutradhar (third), and all of them share room number 116, North Building of Jagannath Hall, DU.

“ 'Tone-One One Six' represents the affinity of the participating artists,” Robiul Islam remarks.

“These artworks on display demonstrate novelty, creativity and aesthetics. No overuse of hues is noticed in the water colours,” said Abdus Satter.

Ashim Halder Sagor spoke on behalf of the participating artists. “ 'Tone' represents the phenomenon of colour flowing, while 'One One Six' is our room number,” he explains.

A number of artworks titled “Motion,” “Endangered Magi,” “Expression,” “Mist of Morning,” “Let's Start,” “Me & My Myth,” “Natural Beauty of Bangladesh,” “I am not a Terrorist” and more by the artists are on display.

Five works by Manabendra Ghosh are on display. Ghosh's works include both experimental and realistic figures and portrait made of fibreglass, clay and straw. “My works went through the process of clay modelling followed by moulding with gypsum and casting fibre sheets mixed with resin and peroxide,” he said.

Dipak Ranjan Sarker has used fibreglass for his works, featuring both figures and portraits. The exhibition features 'Raku' by Ashim Halder Sagor. 'Raku' (meaning delighted or joyful), is a traditional Japanese art form, having its roots in ceramics. The technique used in 'Raku' is burning white clay at a low temperature with sawdust and dry leaves, followed by instantly cooling it in water so that a carbon texture is formed on the surface. Time, situation and crisis are the focal points of Ashim's works.

Ratnashwar Sutradhar is displaying a number of his watercolours. Nature in contemporary urban life is noticeable in most of his works. The water colourist has seemingly stressed on producing soothing and immaculate images.

Sumon Baidya stands apart in articulating idyllic beauty. A number of his watercolours are on display, featuring untainted nature (sea shores), affluent heritage (busy river ports) and lush green (dense forest). His image of forest reminds one of the poems “Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost. The watercolours used in one of his paintings exudes a mesmerising radiance of twilight leading towards a silent road.

The exhibition will end on July 14 at 8 pm.

Link: http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=145946

Link: http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2010-07-09/news/77261 

''Philology of Time''
1st Solo Ceramic based RAKU Exhibition 2010

Inaugural Ceremony of ''Philology of Time''

Gallery View of ''Philology of Time''

Philology of Time
Solo Raku exhibition by Ashim Halder 'Sagor'

“Beautification” (left) and “Belong with Memory” by Ashim Halder

Zahangir Alom
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A weeklong solo Raku exhibition titled “Philology of Time” ended recently at the Zainul Gallery-1, Faculty of Fine Arts (FFA), Dhaka University. The exhibition featured works of young emerging artist Ashim Halder Sagor.
Inauguration of the exhibition was presided over by noted artist Swapan Kumar Sikder. Eminent artist Samarjit Roy Chowdhury was the chief guest, while renowned art critic Moinuddin Khaled; chairman of the Department of Oriental Art, FFA, Professor Abdus Satter and artist Shahid Kabir were present as special guests at the inaugural ceremony.
'Raku' (meaning delighted or joyful), a traditional Japanese art form, has its roots in ceramics. The technique used in Raku is burning China white clay in a low temperature with sawdust and dry leaves, followed by instantly cooling it in cold water so that a carbon texture is formed over the surface. Aside from everyday use, Raku has become popular for its aesthetic value in both East and West.
“Belong with Memory,” “Beautification,” “I am the Old King 1” and “2”, “Viewing Everything,” “Living with Threat,” “Symbol of Youth,” “Crime in the Name of God,” “Expression of Time,” “Modernism,” “Growing Up,” “Peace Prop,” “Secret Talk” and a few untitled works by the artist were on display at the exhibition.
Interestingly enough, Halder uses his portrait along with many parts of his own anatomy, including hands, eyes and lips in almost all of works and thereby adds a new dimension.
“Belong with Memory” envisages the artist's childhood. The piece depicts a meeting of the artist's childhood memories on the edge of his skull.
“Beautification” zooms in on a balanced ecology that is about to crumble thanks to the misguided activities of the greedy around us. The work reminds one of Michael Jackson's “Earth Song”. "Viewing everything" demonstrates the third eye, featuring our never-ending helplessness at the clutches of authoritative power.
“Living with Threat”, where the artist's self portrait is hidden, depicts a world map adorned with pistols, illustrating vulnerability while “Secret Talk “1” and “2” exquisitely reveal the evil plans of social bigwigs.
“Peace Prop” -- showing three pistols forming a peace memorial -- is a satirical work by the artist that may generate an oxymoronic image in the minds of art connoisseurs as the title of the artwork suggests. “Me & My Myth 1” and “2” transport the artist's imaginative world into the chasm of time.
Halder tries to capture the philology of time through his artworks.
“My first solo Raku exhibition is also the first display of this art form in Bangladesh. This exhibition is an outcome of my participation in two workshops conducted by the internationally famed Bangladeshi artist Mahbubur Rahman, coordinator of Britto Arts Trust, and American artist Ramon Camarillo respectively in 2008 and in 2009,” says Halder.
Halder was placed first, securing first class in his BFA (Honours) from the Department of Ceramics, FFA, DU in 2009 and is doing his MFA from the same institute.

Link: http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=136764

MONITOR 6: New South Asian Film and Video

24 March 2010, 8pm, NFB Médiathèque (150 John St.), Toronto

Curated by Richard Fung

Featuring works by Athar Ahmed (Pakistan), Khaldoon Ahmed (UK), Sharlene Bamboat (Canada/UK),
Pranay Limbu (Nepal), Divya Mehra (Canada), Asma Mundrawala (Pakistan), Holly Rodricks (USA),
Ashim Haldar Sagor (Bangladesh), Tejal Shah (India) and Roger Sinha (Canada).

17^th Young Artists’ Art Exhibition 2010
@ Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka. Opening 2 April 2010


Installation ll It doesn't Move

Exhibition 2008

3 Young Artist Group Art Exhibition 2008
4 - 7 April, 2008
@ Light & Shade art gallery, Nepal

 

Raku Workshop outcome Show 2008
@ Zainul Gallery, faculty of Fine Arts , University of Dhaka.