Art collector with an edge
Joy started collecting paintings in the earlyer since, he keeps some criteria in m quality, historical and philosophical aspect of the artwork and its aesthetic value. Joy s a collector, to impart a message through my collection. I tend to explain it in this way: an artist is creating a sign, and the collector at a certain point is taking these signs and putting them together to give another message; the collecto is creating something noeran artist. Aminul Islam is another of his admired painters. Jo said,hough artist Aminul Islam inspired me, artist Rafiqun Nabi inspired me the most since I have spent many hours with these two senior artists and tried to understand their lives, devotion and struggle that helped to build my collection. Nabi is artist who adheres to experimental realism. Blending romanticism and impressionism, heoes figurative work. On the other hand, Islam's powerful drawings reveal his mastery over lines and superb position skills. Islam made an immense contribution by introducing modern paintings in Bangladesh. Among contemporary Bangladshi painters, Joy has a great fascination for Murtaja Baseer's works. He said, egance, simpy, serenity are the prime traits o Baseer's paintings. I also lik his application of colour and the separation of colours in his paintis. Though I have large of collection of Rafiqun Nabi and Murtaja Baseer, it is not the number but quality that should determine the collector's strength. The definition of the collector does not mean that person has to possess a large collection or buy in volum Joy has a rich collection of veteran painter Samarjit Roy Chowdhury. He said collected some of his paintings from different sources. Mwife learned drawing from him and got the opportunity to collect some of his extraordinary workm Joy has a number of artworks of Quamrul Hassan in different mediums of several periods. He has also a fascination for Shahabuddin's paintings and owns a number of oil paintings of the painter from 1972 to 2010. He collected most of them from the painter in Paris.
About Joy's collection, veteran artist Rafiqun Nabi said, “He is a delightful and passionate collector. His collection has been enriched with many internationally acclaimed artists' works. Joy's collection has an extraordinary trait in that he collects the series of works of his preferred artists. He visits several recognised auction houses and purchases painting from them. He enjoys visiting art galleries and museums in the countries he travels to, in order to get familiar with the art and the art movement of those countries. I have observed he always takes meticulous care of his paintings. Joy is very optimistic about Bangladeshi art. He saidee a very promising futurngladesh since many young professionals and business people are significantly contributing in collecting and promoting the art scene. Then the old custodians are no way staying behind in the race. So combinig all this I see a great boom in the art scene and the art market in the country.”
Several Indian artists like Akbar Padamsee, Ram Kumar, Jamini Roy, Nandalal Bose, Subramanyam, Jogen Chowdhury, Paritosh Sen, Sunil Das, Bijen Chowdhury, MF Hussain, Sanat Kar and a number of European artists Pablo Picasso, Francis Bacon, David Hockney, Henry Moore, Andy Warhol and Lucian Freud have also enriched his collections. Most of his paintings are on display at his permanen Baridra in the capital. The gallery won thaluable colle eminent art critic and architect Shamsul Wares said, “Joy is not a simple collector. He has a great zeal for collecting rare works which are not familiar to art aficionados. He has tried to blend culture and time with his collection. His collection is not a matter of business. Most of his works have historical and anthological value. He spends generously on procurement of great works of art, not for functional gain but to satisfy the internal need of his soul
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