Ahmed Shababuddin

AHMED SHAHABUDDIN (Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1950).
Untitled, 1992, from the “Olympic Centennial Suite.”
Silkscreen print on 270-gram Arches Vélin paper, edition 68/250.
Signed, dated, and numbered by hand.
Measurements: 63 x 90 cm.
The Olympic Suite consists of 50 lithographs and silkscreen prints selected to represent various contemporary artistic trends. It was published to commemorate the first centennial of the modern Olympic movement. The selected artists work in a wide variety of movements and styles, ranging from Antonio López’s hyperrealism to Sol Lewitt’s abstraction, including Abstract Expressionism, Arden Quin’s Geometrism, Conceptual Art, Pop Art, the New Realism of Baldaccini and Rotella, and the New Fauvism of Dokoupil, among others. Among the artists represented are creators of great international renown, widely recognized by critics.
Ahmed Shababuddin trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Dhaka and later completed his studies at the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He has held numerous solo and group exhibitions internationally. His work does not abandon figuration and continues the historical avant-garde’s exploration of dynamism, vibration, and force.