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Tayeba Begum Lipi (1969- ) depicts the
exploitation and objectification of
women in her work. She has often used
her self-portrait to express the self-
realization of her statement. The
objectification of the female body by
exhibiting the unclad female body at one
end and the burkha-clad one at the other,
these two different ways in which society
controls and manipulates the female body
is pictured in her work. A number of her
installations have been exhibited at
different times besides her paintings
(figs. 1.42, 6.15).
Sulekha Chaudhury has depicted
woman’s life and the exploitation and
violence against women in society
through her paintings. She uses objects of
daily life as her symbols (pl. 1.48).
Apart from the women artists mentioned
above also noteworthy are Tandra Das

(1956- ), Masuda Kazi (1948),
Murshida Arzoo Alpana (1961- ), Laila
Sharmin (1964- ), Sufia Begum (1968- )
(fig. 7.25), Farzana Islam Milky
(1974- ) and others.
On analysis we may observe that the
work of women artists is contrary to the
general flow of the mainstream. Most
women artists who have been discussed
have experimented to discover the
language of their individual expression.
Most women artists have used
fig. 7.28 (top) Atia figurative imagery. It is noticeable that
Islam Anne, Burn-1, women have shown greater courage in
acrylic on canvas, 2003
their search for new paths. Pure
formalism has not encompassed them
fig. 7.29 (bottom)
Kanak Chanpa Chakma, completely, rather the people of society,
Girl in a Tribal Festival, life and reality have created discourse
oil on canvas, 1999 and given distinction to their work.