Dhaka, Aug. 7 -- I recently found and acquired a set of eight exquisitely embossed aquatint etchings by artist Shahid Kabir made in Spain in the mid 1980's, which intrigued me to research them further and discuss the subject, technique and inspiration behind them with the artist himself and his long-time art dealer and friend Peter De Munnich of Profile Art Gallery located at Niagara on the Lake in Ontario, Canada.

Not much is written or known of Shahid Kabir's time in Spain. After attaining early fame in Bangladesh for his series on the mystic Lalon Shah in 1980 and being deprived of a well-deserved Japanese scholarship for a master's degree in art (that was snatched away from him through dirty politics and manipulation by a fellow arti...