Academic Discourse
  • Year: 2017
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue: 1

Rickshaw art & artist-Rafiqul Islam

  • Author:
  • Kritee Dawn Seal
  • Total Page Count: 7
  • Page Number: 73 to 79

Ph. D Scholar, Visva Bharati University Santiniketan, West Bengal

Online published on 4 July, 2017.

Abstract

Rickshaw Art is a prospect of color, charm and creativity which has a great street exposure also. Rickshaw artists are aimed to decorate the vehicle with as much drama and color as possible. Rickshaw art is a people's art and its motifs are simple: religions, cinemas, animals, and landscapes. The present paper will highlight the colourful aspects of the Rickshaw Art popular in Bangladesh especially in Dhaka. The contribution of Rafiqul Bhai of Bangladesh towards Rickshaw Art has been analysed in this paper.

Keywords

Rickshaw Art, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Rafiqul Islam, Folklores