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| 1932-1986 | |
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Rashid Choudhury was raised in the milieu of a sahajiya enlightenment that prevailed in the greater Faridpur region at the time, and that proved to be a lasting influence on the artist. After graduating from the Dhaka art school, and a brief teaching stint, he left for Madrid. In Paris in 1960 he mastered different techniques and acquainted himself with fresco and tapestry. The last set off his ambitions in tapestry and weaving. Rashid Choudhury’s involvement and enthusiasm in setting up arts institutions, especially the Fine Arts Department in the Chittagong University (1970) and the College of Arts (1973), is testimony to his far-sightedness and organisational skill. Choudhury was conversant with the ideological underpinnings and directions of artistic trends in the West. He used this understanding to construct a singular language of his own. While in Spain, he first realised the value of knowledge that is innately embodied in local crafts and art practices. Although Choudhury embraced many current styles and modes, he was quick to return to his roots. He was profoundly engaged with questions relating to humanism’s place in modernist culture, and art’s connection to mysticism. Rashid Chaudhury also wrote poems and did translations from the French. During the 1960s, along with poets of the ‘angry young men’ generation, he founded the Na (No) group and published a literary little magazine. Choudhury received the Ekushey Padak in 197, among other honours. |
Rashid Choudhury
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