DHAKA: In conjunction with the 2nd Dhaka Art Summit, Alliance Française de Dhaka cordially will organize a Solo Photography Exhibition titled “Concepts of Space and Rabindranath Tagore” presented by reputed Indian photographer Samit Das from February 06 to February  12 in its Galerie Zoom.

Tagore’s concept of space and architecture is a vast area of exploration and it is extremely difficult to express it through just a few visuals within a limited space in all its entirety.

This exhibition is an effort to throw light on the immense vastness that this subject covers.

For the last fifteen years of his life Samit Das has been deeply involved with this subject-matter trying to explore the details, actively engaging with the enormous amount of materials left behind, which would probably take many years to comprehend. His journey with his subject-matter began around 1993 when he started to explore it as a part of his MA dissertation in 1996. Later on, his relationship with this topic extended to various other directions.

Within a very limited number of visuals, Samit Das has tried to come up with a brief presentation of Tagore’s idea of space and architecture through the architecture of Santiniketan. Here the journey begins from collate Jorasanko house and moves through Bangladesh to conclude in Santiniketan.  

Photographer Samit Das hopes that the viewers will share some of this insightful journey through a selection of photos and brief text in this presentation.

The exhibition will be open for all until February 12. Visiting Hours:  Mondays to Thursdays from 3:00pm to 9:00pm, Fridays and Saturdays (9:00am to12:00pm and 5:00pm to 8:00pm).

BDST: 2133 HRS, FEB 04, 2014