Dhaka: A solo painting exhibition, ‘Painted Love’, by Dilruba Latif Rosy began in La Galerie of Alliance Française de Dhaka (AFD) on 4 May 2015.  

Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu, artist Rafiqun Nabi, and art critic Moinuddin Khaled, were among the guests present in the opening ceremony.  AFD director Bruno Plasse welcomed the guests.

Dilruba Latif Rosy’s paintings stem from a philosophy of ‘beauty.’ Beauty is somewhat recognised as feminine in the sense of cultural norms which interlink a woman’s appreciation for her beauty in this context and distinguish a man's value to other ‘masculine’ qualities and capabilities.

In light of other traditional concepts and isms, beauty is depicted as an aspect of something divine in contrast with the virile qualities or male deities.

Following that essence, women are posited to be more beautiful and with less fierceness, as beauty recoil from hurting and harming others. Thus, they can be anointed with the notion of having the closest of angelicness.

Dilruba fleshes out another conviction that reflects her rumination, she talks about loneliness that is more than the disappointment of having to spend a day off at home.

Maybe by reading a book because all your friends seem to be out enjoying company of others; or maybe they are travelling, gossiping, joking, and dining out. The clinical definition of loneliness is a sustained sense of a lack of closeness, of emotional intimacy with others.

It’s hard to admit to and one feels bleak and worthless. She believes that loneliness makes one feel unloved. It isolates us and makes us feel undeserving of exactly what it is that will alleviate it– other people's care.

Rosy was born in 1963. She completed her BFA from Department of Fine Arts, Dhaka University in 1986. She had two solo exhibitions and participated in large number of group exhibitions. She is currently working as a senior designer at Bangladesh Television.

The exhibition will be open to all till 12 May 2015 in La Galerie from Monday to Thursday (3:00pm to 9:00pm), Friday and Saturday (9:00am to12:00noon and 5:00om to 8:00pm), except for Sundays