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domestic animals. At present, his sculptures depict human and
animal figures in different expressions in welded metal (fig. 2.46).
The harmony of form and structure is the special character of
these works. Consciousness of material quality lends aesthetic
value to his work.
Ferdousi Priyabhashini (1948- ) is an unusual sculptor.
Assembling different found objects from nature and giving them
new meaning is the distinction of her work (pl. 2.23). She is a
self-taught sculptor. Her sculpture grew from the practice of
adding aesthetics to daily life. Like a magician she combines
different elements to create a new meaning and this is the prime
quality of her work.
Shyamal Chowdhury (1962- ) completed his BFA from the Sculpture Department in fig. 2.49 Nasima Haque
1982 and his MFA in 1986 in Dhaka. His work is basically figurative. Among his Mitu, Neo Balance,
noteworthy works is Manabbandhan, a monumental outdoor sculpture. Nasimul wood, 2006
Khabir states that Shyamal is a well-known artist of monumental commemorative out-
doors sculptures on independence, the liberation movement and anti-terrorism.
Currently he is experimenting in figurative sculpture combining elements from myth
and traditions. 106 (pl. 2.27)
Mrinal Haque (1960- ) is best known as an artist working on commissions for various
government and private organization. He also creates figurative sculptures from different
found objects in metal through the welding media (pl. 2.22). Mukul Muksuddin (1959- )
was born in Dhaka. He now creates somewhat decorative figural sculptures through
welding metal sheets and wire (pl. 2.26). Sultanul Islam (1958-) created sculptures mainly
on the subject of the child in the super-realistic style in life-size in the eighties and nineties
(fig. 2.47). These are done in the modeling process. Mahbub Jamal (1960- ) was born in
Jessore and resides there. He works on outdoor sculptures with the patronization of
different organizations. His sculptures presented exaggerated human figures in the
nineties (fig. 2.48). Sheikh Sadi Bhuiyan (1964- ) was born in Kishoreganj. He combines
human and animal forms to create hybrids in his sculptures (pl. 2.32). Mostafa Sharif
Anowar (1965- ) was born in Jamalpur. He carves figurative sculptures in the
comparatively unusual medium of stone (pl. 2.24).
The Asian Art Biennale is being held in Bangladesh since 1981. Bangladeshi artists get
the opportunity to see the works of artists from different countries of the world.
Particularly important is the fact that they were introduced to new trends in art through
works by Japanese artists. Japan is one of most developed nations of Asia. Bangladeshi
artists experienced performance, process and installation art through the works of
Japanese artists. This opened a new horizon in the field of sculptural expression. Very
recently, in the twelfth Asian Biennale held in 2005 installations by Bangladeshi artists
were presented. It is to be noted that in the west Conceptual Art was a way of overcoming
the limits of formalism of modern art and out of this evolved the variety of media in