A Contemporary Bangladeshi Art Auction
John David Mooney Foundation, Chicago
114 W Kinzie St, Chicago, IL 60654
Saturday, November 15, 2014
Begins at 5PM
Poems across the canvas
UPDATE 11/19/14: Artist pages have been updated to include all of the works provided for Krishnachura. Prices are available upon request, please contact us.
The Krishnachura flower blooms amidst a blaze of red fury across the landscape in Bangladesh, ushering in the new spring. Monsoon rains are not too far away when she blooms. And just as the rains scatter the krishanchura to the winds, they reassemble again as a new poetry of color in the depths of Md Tokon's canvas. Now a New Yorker originally migrated from Bangladesh, Tokon explores the many facets of separation, distance and perhaps a sense of loss from his new vantage point.
The complex nature of migration, and our quest for 'home' is explored further by local Chicago-based Pakistani-American artists Sadia Uqaili and Zafar Malik. We are thrilled to include a few works from their Fall 2014 show at the Re-Invent Gallery in Lake Forest, IL, which describes this important work as "an attempt to acknowledge, explore, celebrate and share Sadia and Zafar's individual and collective histories of migration, distance, loss, discovery and the inevitable adjustment to new environments."
Speaking of poetry across the canvas, part of our collection actually includes poetry! A series of collaborative works from Bangladesh are based on inspirations from leading performance artists. Kanak Chanpa Chakma needs no introduction to fans of Bangladeshi art. Her subjects depicts of the beauty of the Mro and other indeginous peoples of Bangladesh. We also introduce 2015 Oscar-shortlisted filmmaker and artist, Khalid Mahmood Mithu. And what can only be called a prelude, Chicago can sample the exquisite work of Goutam Chakraborty through his famous elephant minatures.
Carefully curated, the exhibition and silent auction will be a view into different worlds that often aren't very different than the ones we live in. Please enjoy a few representative works shown here (not all auction pieces are included).