Interview of historian, researcher, and writer Professor Muntasir Mamun.

‘Baseer: An Eloquent Mind’ is an exhibition of works by Murtaja Baseer (1932 – 2020), one of the most influential modern artists of Bangladesh. The show held from 12 October 2020 to 16 January 2021 featured nearly two hundred artworks and documents, spanning the entirety of Baseer’s career, while emphasizing the artist’s relentless pursuit of an inventive practice and his recurring engagement with the history of modern art. Ranging from tender portraits to visceral abstracts, lucid figurative to monumental murals; the exhibition is a showcase of Baseer’s astonishing reach.

The works featured in the exhibition were drawn from several private collections. This video is part of a series of twelve interviews of collectors and the curator.





Baseer: An Eloquent Mind
An exhibition of works by Murtaja Baseer (1932 – 2020)
12 October 2020 to 16 January 2021
Quamrul Hassan Exhibition Hall, Bengal Shilaplay, Dhaka
Bengal Arts Programme, Bengal Foundation

Curatorial team:
Tanzim Ibn Wahab, Chief Curator
Abir Shome, Assistant Curator
Sadia Mariam
Mousumi Mustafa (Coordinator)



Video team:

Camera
Md. Ashraf Uddin Apu
Mehedi Hasan Fahad
Abu Rayhan Rocky

Camera Assistant
Ashis Debnath
Nahid Hasan

Sound
Arko Suman

Sound Assistant
Nur Alam

Video Edit
Partho Sarothi Modak
Mehedi Hassan Fahad
Rabiul Islam
Jahirul Islam Shuvo

Script & Compilation
Jafrin Gulshan

Direction
Partho Sarothi Modak

Video produced by Bengal Arts Programme & Bengal Creations

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