DHAKA: Alliance Française de Dhaka will organize the solo painting exhibition titled ‘Alluvial Rhythm’ by Kalidas Karmakar in its La Galerie in city’s Dhanmondi area.

The inaugural ceremony of the exhibition will held at 5:00pm on Monday.
 
French ambassador Sophie Aubert will be present at the ceremony as chief guest while Mohammadi Group managing director Rubana Huq and journalist Enayetullah Khan will be present as special guests.

Alliance Française de Dhaka director Bruno Plasse will chair the function.

Born on January 10 in 1946, Kalidas Karmakar made his mark as an artist with a difference in his first ever-major solo exhibition held at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy Gallery in August in 1976.

According to the art critics, Kalidas has established himself as an experimentalist. He impresses the art aficionados with his skill in drawing, his adventures with the use of unorthodox materials and media, as well as his philosophical attitude to art.

He is an accomplished graphic artist, especially in etching and mixed media technique.

He is specialized in the French multi-colored etching (Viscosity process).

Kalidas is one of the most internationally acclaimed artists of Bangladesh.

His exhibition will be open to all from 3:00pm to 9:00pm from Mondays to Thursdays and from 9:00am to 12:00pm and from 5:00pm to 8:00pm on Fridays and Saturdays till January16.

The exhibition will remain closed on Sundays.

BDST: 1906 HRS, JAN 03, 2015