Ten days with dead tree branch in Venice!
Tree branch, cotton bandage, surgical tap, artificial foliage; drawing with iodine on pape, photo and moving images, 2019

I arrived in Venice without any pre-conceived ideas. The next day I came across a tree branch abandoned by the wall of a house. Upon my return to the hotel, with the branch in hand, I began to ponder upon the relationship between life, death, trees, people, earth and the environment. My series of drawings with iodine and a set of moving images reflect the waters surface in Venice. These works are a multi-disciplinary approach to my reflections upon and my experience of Venice and the environment as a whole.

Bio
Born 1958 in Chandpur, Bangladesh, Dhali Al Mamoon earnt a post diploma in print making at Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan WB, India and then a degree in Fine Arts at the University of Chittagong. From 1993 to 1994, he was granted a DAAD fellowship at HdK (Berlin University of the Arts). Currently based in Chittagong, Al Mamoon creates drawings, paintings, kinetic sculptures and installations exploring issues related with knowledge, history and identity; over the years, they have become part of several private collections and public institutions, such as the Fukuaka Modern Art Museum, Japan; Ibsen Museum, Norway; Norway National Museum, Norway; and the National Art Gallery, Dhaka; University Museum, Chittagong. He is professor at the Institute of Fine Arts, University of Chittagong, in Chittagong, Bangladesh.
His solo exhibitions include “Time, Coincidence and Histor”, Bengal Shilpalaya, Dhanmondi, Dhaka, 2016; “Aponayon (Elimination)”, Bengal Lounge, Gulshan, Dhaka, 2012; “Kagojer chaya” (in collaboration with Wakilur Rahman), Bangladesh National Museum, Dhaka, 2009.
He has participated in several international fairs and biennials: his last participation in the Asian Art Biennale, Dhaka, Bangladesh was in 2006 while in 2001 he exhibited in the Sharjah Biennale, U.A.E. In 2013, his work was presented in the Bangladesh Pavilion at the 55th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia. He was featured in international group exhibitions in Delhi, New York, Paris, Copenhagen, Beijing, Cairo and more.
In 2006, he was awarded with the Grand Prize at the 12th Asian Art Biennale, in Dhaka.