EXHIBITION : Ganges Art gallery presents 'Shanti' solo show of paintings by Shahabuddin Ahmed at Rashtrapati Bhavan, President's Estate > 18th to 22nd February 2017

Paintings by Shahabuddin Ahmed 

Time : 9:00 am - 4:00 pm (Mondays and gazetted holidays Closed) Add to Calendar 18/02/2017 09:00 22/02/2017 16:00 Asia/Kolkata EXHIBITION : Ganges Art gallery presents 'Shanti' solo show of paintings by Shahabuddin Ahmed Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2017/02/exhibition-ganges-art-gallery-presents.html Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi DD/MM/YYYY

Entry : Free

Venue : Museum, Rashtrapati Bhawan, President's Estate, New Delhi, Delhi 110004
Entry from Gate No. 30 of Rashtrapati Bhavan for Museum. It is approachable from the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital round-about, through Mother Teresa Crescent.  

Venue Info : presidentofindia.nic.in | Map | Nearest Metro Station - Central Sectt. ( Yellow Line & Violet Line )

Event Description :  EXHIBITION : Ganges Art gallery presents 'Shanti', a solo show of paintings by celebrated Bangladeshi artist Shahabuddin Ahmed

67-year-old Shahabuddin, settled in Paris for nearly four decades now, is a celebrated international persona and the national pride of Bangladesh. Above all, Shahabuddin is a Mukti Joddha, a ‘Platoon Commander’, who fought in the liberation war of Bangladesh, when he was twenty-one years old, alongside Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangladesh. Young Shahabuddin was the first to host the flag of Bangladesh on Dhaka Radio office (that time Pakistan radio) before noon.

India is not very far from his heart either and neither are Gandhiji, Rabindranath Tagore and Mother Teresa.  Shahabuddin has also very successfully highlighted through his works, the pathos of war and the struggle of the people of the sub-continent and the freedom movement of India and Bangladesh through recurring portraits of Gandhiji and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman among other prominent personalities of the sub continent.

Says Smita Bajoria, Director, Ganges Art Gallery: “Shahabuddin first exhibited his works with us almost 22 years ago and it has been a very fulfilling journey for both the gallery and the artist.  I saw in the art of Shahabuddin a very strong link not only between India and Bangladesh but also a bridge to the western world as Shahabuddin had in the latter part of his education been greatly influenced by European and English painters alike.  When the President inaugurated his show in Kolkata, he hoped these works could be shown in Delhi and other parts of the country as well. With this invitation, we are being able to take that first step.”

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