Durjoy Rahman
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Durjoy Rahman is a Bangladeshi businessman in the apparel industry. He is also noted for his fine art collection and for establishing the Durjoy Bangladesh Foundation which promotes South Asian arts and artists.
Career[edit]
Rahman founded Winners Creations Ltd (WCL) in 1996. At the time, the US had imposed quotas on the garment industry in Bangladesh, and as such Rahman traded from Vietnam.[1] As of 2021 WCL operates out of Bangladesh, Vietnam, and Hong Kong, with additional offices in China, Canada, and the US.[1]
Rahman has a personal collection of over 1000 artworks, including Andy Warhol’s "Liz" (1965), works by Lucian Freud and David Hockney, and South Asian artists including the Bangladeshi artists Rafiqun Nabi and Novera Ahmed.[2] Rahman has loaned works in his possession to museums including the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg and Museum Arnhem which presented works from his collection in 2019.[2]
Rahman founded the Durjoy Bangladesh Foundation (DBF) in 2018. It is based in Dhaka and Berlin. The foundation hosts and supports art-related events internationally.[1] DBF also acts as patron to various artists and artist groups.[3]
Curation, exhibitions and installations[edit]
Since 2019, DBF has hosted the Majhi International Art Residency Program. The Mahji residency was first held in Venice in 2019 and curated by Caterina Corni. The second year was hosted in Berlin and curated by Zippora Elders.[4] The third residency was held in Eindhoven in 2021, and was curated by Kehkasha Sabah.[5]
DBF supported the "Homelands" exhibition at Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge which ran from November 2019 to February 2020.[6][7]
Rahman collaborated with Bangladeshi artist and director of the Gidree Bawlee Art Foundation Kamruzzaman Shadhin in 2020 to create the "Bhumi" project which supported traditional crafts workers in the Thakurgaon District during the COVID-19 pandemic.[8][9] The collaborative work was displayed at the Fifth Kochi-Muziris Biennale in December 2022.[10][11]
DBF funded another installation with Shadhin hosted at the US Embassy in Dhaka titled "The Elephant in the Room" from March to October 2021.[12]
In March 2021 DBF collaborated with Old Car Club Community Bangladesh to host an event focused on displaying restored classic cars as art in Baridhara. Rahman is a personal collector and runs his own restoration workshop and staff of mechanics.[13]
In 2022 DBF partnered with the Hayward Gallery and the Kochi-Muziris Biennale Foundation to create an award recognising a South Asian artist who participated in the KMB.[8][14] The winner would present a solo piece in the Hayward’s HENI Project space.[15] The Hayward also hosted the "Durjoy Bangladesh Lecture series" featuring South Asian artists and curators in April 2022.[14]
DBF supported "Garden of Ten Seasons", an exhibition featuring 40 artists from South Asia, which ran from June-July 2022 at Savvy Contemporary in Berlin.[8]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Alom, Zahangir (27 February 2021). "Durjoy Rahman: Taking enterprise and art beyond borders". The Business Standard. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "The Art Road Linking Dhaka and Berlin through South Asian Art". Larry's List. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ↑ "Durjoy Bangladesh Foundation becomes new patron to TheArtGorgeous HOUSE". TheArtGorgeous. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ↑ Bachmann, Julian (14 August 2020). "Majhi International Art Residency in Berlin". Berlin Art Link. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ↑ "Third Majhi International Art Residency launched in Netherlands". The Business Standard. 22 October 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ↑ Alom, Zahangir (19 January 2020). "'Homelands' creates a buzz in UK". The Daily Star. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ↑ Spence, Rachel (15 November 2019). "Across great divides: art from Pakistan, Bangladesh and India". Financial Times. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Meet Durjoy Rahman — the art collector turned philanthropist on a quest to put South Asian art on the cultural map of the world". GQ India. 12 January 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ↑ Chowdhury, Mehrin Mubdi (6 April 2021). "Bhumi, the picturesque story of community generated land-art in Thakurgaon". The Daily Star. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ↑ Bhullar, Dilpreet. "'Bhumi' at Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2022 underlines coexistence of diversity". www.stirworld.com. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ↑ "Bhumi: A Story of Survival". Scale. 21 January 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ↑ von Gohren, Helen (1 January 2021). "Art projects highlight displaced communities". State Magazine. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ↑ "Exhibit at Baridhara: Old cars as rolling art". The Business Standard. 28 March 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Hayward Gallery, Durjoy Bangladesh Foundation and Kochi Biennale Foundation partner for new award". artreview.com. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ↑ "ArtAsiaPacific: Weekly News Roundup: May 13, 2022". artasiapacific.com. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
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