Blending spirituality and myth Artist Ronni Ahmmed at OPEN by Takir Hossain You alt hereOPEN, the International Exhibition of Sculptures and Installations, recently organised its sixteenth edition at Venice Lido, Italy. Conceived and curated by Paolo De Grandis, co-curated by Carlotta Scarpa, the exhibition was organised by PDG Arte Communications in collaboration with the Municipality Lido Pellestrina and was held under the patronage of the Italian Ministry of the Cultural Heritage, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the Veneto Region and the Province of Venice. Celebrated Bangladeshi artist Ronni Ahmmed participated in the mega festival with his thought-provoking artworks. Sponsored by Mermaid Art Foundation, Ronni’s four works included, “Spiderman describing reality on top of the Burj Khalifa”, “Batman saving the world while lord Krishna was dreaming”, “Hulk needs more power to fix the problem of knowledge” and “Superman’s love…in the time of cholera”. Through his artworks, contemplative artist Ronni focuses on myths, and merges the past and the future of man and nature, using comic book heroes as subjects of his artworks. He applies varied symbols, motifs and fantastic elements, using human forms, animals and varied surrealistic imageries from his imagination and his thoughts. Ronni’s works hold a kind of illusory atmosphere, which seems unfamiliar but this depiction of an apparently unknown civilisation or community expresses the same kind of message one gets when confronted with strange reality. Absurdity, mockery, brutality, power play, hypocrisy, hallucination, loneliness, science — all these get diffused in his visions. The artist seems fascinated with myth and its many aspects and his message has been integrated in his tinted paintings. The painter believes in the uniqueness of an individual, which he endeavours to present via paintings and posters that are lined with fine touches of absurdity and morbid melancholy. He is mainly a storyteller of the ludicrous and this young exponent tells his stories in an unusually humorous way. He tries to focus on various facets of our society. He never misses any incident, which happens in front of him. Ronni criticises different elements in our modern-day existence, giving us an unusual insight into the realm of a world beyond. The painter makes us realise that the introduction of fantasy and illusion in our world is only for bridging gaps difficult to perceive in mundane concrete terms. This toying with the vicarious, illusory world is necessary for in the present times we tend to forget that peace and a serene ambience have once been a perennial part of our surroundings. Idiosyncrasy and social trespasses are also covered by Ronni whose work veers into the metaphysical realm. Courtesy: The Daily Star
Posted on: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 08:30:58 +0000
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