Bangladeshi expatriate painter Murshida Arzu Alpana has been working in Berlin since 1993. She is considered a conceptual artist whose works focus on the state of women in society. A woman is a symbol of justice, peace and harmony, feels Alpana. Recently, the artist was accorded ROSL (Royal Over-Seas League) Centenary Reception at St James's Palace in London, according to a press release. Queen Elizabeth II, the Duke of Edinburgh and Danish Princess Alexandra were present at the reception.
Alpana's works are mostly figure oriented and portraits. Her approaches are close to realistic but at times she feels comfortable in abstract expressionism.
Alpana does studies of landscapes too, and often mingles figures with the landscapes in the background. She studied under KG Subra-manian at Shantiniketan, India and then went to Berlin in 1993 on a scholarship. Her paintings also put human forms with objects like computer, mobile phone and mouse. Her preferred mediums are silkscreen printing, oil, mixed-media, acrylic, pigments, papers, textile, acryl-glass, pencil, crayon, oil sticks and charcoal.
Source: thedailystar.net
