Strokes of Art
With strong strokes, our arts take us close to the reality. With thousands of shade, the colors in our painting take us to beyond our imagination. Our modern painting was mostly pioneered by artists like Zainul Ahedin, Qamrul Hasan. Anwarul Haque, Shafiuddin Ahnied, Shafiqul Amin, Rashid Chowdhury and S.M. Sultan. There are many painting exhibition which are organized all around the year. Some of them even hold international affiliation. Here’s a list of famous painting gallery where you can get to meet with our artistic passion:
National Art Gallery
Shilpakala Academy, Segun Bagicha, Dhaka
Bangladesh College of Arts and Crafts
Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue, Dhaka
Contemporary Arts Ensemble
48/1, Commercial Building, South Avenue, Gulshan
Saju Art Gallery
F 28 DMC Market, Gulshan, Dhaka
La Galerie
54 Kamal Ataturk Avenue, Gulshan, Dhaka
Jiraj Art Gallery
12 Shahbag Shopping Complex, Dhaka
Haque Art and Crafts
F 36, North DMC Market, Gulshan
Phone: 606524,
Yeart Gallery
F 37North DMC Market, Gulshan, Dhaka
Phone: 606944
Shilpangan
House 15, Road 4 Dhanmondi, Dhaka
Phone: 503431.
Bangladesh Folk Art Gallery
Panam Nagar, Sonargaon.
Galary
21, 765 Satmasjid Road, Dhanmondi, Dhaka
Phone: 8114716.
Bengal Art Lounge
60 Gulshan Avenue, Circle 1, Dhaka
Phone: +880 1745 315040
Dhaka Art Centre
House 60, Road 7A, Dhanmondi, Dhaka
Phone: +880 1191 776511
Gallery Jolrong
House 134, Road 3, Block A, Niketon, Gulshan, Dhaka
Phone: +880 1730 372924
Athena Gallery of Fine Arts
AJ Heights, CHA-72/1/D, Progoti Shorani Road, Uttar Badda, Dhaka
Phone: +880 1680 760887
Gallery 21
751 Satmasjid Road, Dhanmondi, Dhaka
Phone: +880 28 114716
Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts
Bengal Shilpalaya 275/F, Road 16, Dhanmondi, Dhaka
Phone: +880 28 901133
La Galerie at Alliance Francaise de Dhaka
26 Mirpur Road, Dhaka
Phone: +880 29 675249
Drik Gallery
House 58, Road 15A, Dhanmondi, Dhaka
Phone: +880 29 120125
Gallery Chitrak
House 4, Road 6, Dhanmondi, Dhaka
Phone: +880 1715 026980
Department of Contemporary Art at Bangladesh National Museum
Shahbagh Road, Dhaka
Phone: +880 2861 93969
Lost in Words
The earliest available specimen of Bengali Literature is nearly a thousand years old. The modern era of Bengali literature is pioneered by Rabindranath Tagore, Kazi Nazrul Islam, Michael Madhusudan Datta, Mir Mosharraf Hossain etc. Here’s a list of bookstore you can find almost any book written by authors from Bangladesh and abroad:
Gyankosh
Shop 5-7
Sobhanbagh Masjid Market
Dhanmondi
Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Telephone: (88-02)811-9004
Minerva Book Corner
Shop 4
Sobhanbagh Masjid Market
Dhanmondi
Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Telephone: (88-02) 911-1350
Papyrus
Shop No 18 & 51 [Ground Floor]
Aziz super Market,
Shahabag
Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Telephone: (88-02) 966-1066
Pathak Shamabesh
Gulshan
204/b [Second Floor], Tejgaon Link Road
Gulshan
Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Telephone: (88-02) 986-1003
Shahabag
Shop No 17 – 17A [Ground Floor], Shop 27 [First Floor]
Aziz Super Market
Shahabag
Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Telephone: (88-02) 966-2766
Sagar Publisher’s
4 New Baily Road
Property Arcade
Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Telephone: (88-02) 935-8944
The Book Worm
Twin Peaks’ Complex
Old Airport
Tejgaon
Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Telephone: (88-02) 912-0387
Words n Pages
SWB 7, Road 7
Gulshan 1
Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Tel: (88-02) 882-0417
Craftsmanship with Clay
Clay potters of Bangladesh have been related with their profession for a long time. The manual process of making pottery reflects our potters’ endless passion, devotion and affection to their divine creations. You can easily buy the finest pieces of handmade pottery in souvenir shop in Dhaka.
If you want to closely see how the pottery artists of Bangladesh has been creating this amazing handicrafts, just go to a village in Dhamrai in the outskirt of Dhaka. There are plenty of potters who are involved with this profession since their ancestors.
Brass Metal Sculpture
As our country has a deep artistic root influenced by the Hindu religion, religious sculpture and crafts — especially the ones which are made by the metal craftsmen of Dhamrai — are exotic in nature as well as passionate in its diverse usage. This 5000 year old tradition is still surviving the some 30 villages around Dhamrai. Even some families in Dhamrai are in this business for 200 years. The brass metal craft artisans of Dhamrai area practice four traditional methods; lost wax method, clay casting, sand casting and hammering. The old wax method is very critical and sophisticated, and only a handful number of artists are capable of this. It will take a few hours to visit the stores of metal crafts in Dhamrai. If you are more curious, you can go inside their house and experience how this is finest piece of art is being produced.
Nakshi Katha
Our Nokshi katha — a type of embroidered quilt — is a century-old Bangladeshi art tradition reflects the craftsmanship of people in rural areas. You can see the finest example of Nakshi katha from these places:
Bangla Academy
Design Centre, BSCIC
Folk Art and Crafts Foundation
Bangladesh National Museum
And if you are into buying this fantastic crafts for your own:
Bangladesh Rural Development Board (BRDB), Karu Palli Sales Centre
Kumudini Handicrafts
BRAC-Aarong
Jamdani – Taat Shilpo
Another Bangladeshi wonder which is mesmerizing the whole world for ages is Jamdani. Jamdani, a find hand oven cotton cloth which is believed to be a fusion of the ancient cloth-making techniques of Bengal with the Muslins produced by the Bengali Muslims of medieval period, is the most expensive product and one of the most artistic product which requires the most lengthy and dedication from the makers. Apart from that our Tat Shilpo is also famous for its design and unique way of being produced.
You can buy Jamdani products from any store that sells Saree in Bangladesh. To be specific Baily Road and Mirpur Benaroshi is famous for Saree stores. And for products made of Tat you can visit:
Bangladesh Rural Development Board (BRDB), Karu Palli Sales Centre
Kumudini Handicrafts
BRAC-Aarong
Rickshaw Painting
Just like rickshaw (as a vehicle), rickshaw art in Bangladesh is the most popular part of our pop culture. The colors are so vivid, so raw and so bold that it will take your breaths away. It’s the art of people; the people with a true Bangladeshi heart. The topics and themes may have been cliché, but the integral stance is so much strong.
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