British Council brings exhibition BANGLA for local art connoisseurs
The British Council has organized an exhibition styled ‘BANGLA’ to commemorate 50 years of Bangladesh’s independence with Tower Hamlets.
Dhaka-based architecture studio Paraa, in collaboration with Tower Hamlets Libraries and Archives, National Portrait Gallery, London, citizen researchers (local community members) and The Rainbow Collective, has recently come up with a collaborative piece of artwork reflecting on the work of citizen researchers from the British Bangladeshi community, who have been exploring the role people in Tower Hamlets played in the independence of Bangladesh and the legacy of the events of 1971 on the local community.
The British Council supports viewing the artwork through this exhibition in Dhaka. The exhibition was kicked off in The British Council’s Ful...