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ABU JAFAR ARBS
Abu Jafar is an acclaimed leading International Artist and
Philosopher of the Arts born on March 21, 1968 in a small village
called Jhilna, Patuakhali, Bangladesh. Since 1991 he lives and works
in United Kingdom. He studied fine art painting and drawing at the
Institute of Fine Arts, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh 1984/89,
Master Drawing of the human figure at the Guildhall University,
London 1989/90, Art and Art History at the Goldsmith’s College,
University of London 1991/92 and Philosophy of Arts at the Open
University, 1997 UK. In 2007 he became an Associates Member of
the Royal British Society of Sculptors and in 2011 he became a Fellow
of the Digswell Arts Trust, UK.
Taking his inspiration from psychology, philosophy, classical music as
well as day-to-day human existence by producing art that is far from
traditional, he is actively attempting to shatter staid ideas of the past
regarding art; his art is the synthesis of colour, element and
presentation twisted into unusual form. Most of his large scale
installations involve nature, public and the environment. His work
simplifies our daily lives and the diversity of mankind in his
imaginative notion in a way that reflects imaginative power and ever
changing creative forces of new formative arts.
abu@abujafar.com
www.abujafar.com
‘Journey’ (detail)
Drawing on glass
© Artist/DACS
Photo: John Vincent
35 different shapes of round glass objects with engraved drawings of
Letchworth past and present including 110 dots and an old map of
Letchworth. It is an impression like walking through a memory lane,
discovering an unknown past, taking a moment to look back and explore
Letchworth Garden City which began only 110 years ago. Letchworth is
the world’s first Garden City, created as a solution to the squalor and
poverty of urban life in Britain in the late 19th Century, based on the ideas
of Ebenezer Howard as published in his book of 1898 “Tomorrow: A
Peaceful Path to Real Reform”. Letchworth Garden City inspired town
planning across the globe.
5,500 acres of land.
first roundabout, ‘Sollershott Circus’.
approximately 33,600 peoples
twinned - Wissen, Germany
Chagney, France,
Kristiansand, Norway.
13.6 mile path Garden City Greenway.
black squirrel
Pix Brook.
14 schools - over 5,500 pupils.
This sculpture turns history in to contemporary art that reflects our
journey which never ends.
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