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Evolution of Rickshaw Art ​ References Gallagher, Rob. The Rickshaws of Bangladesh . Dhaka: The University Press Limited, 1992. Glassie, Henry, and Firoz Mahmud. Contemporary Traditional Art of Bangladesh . Dhaka: Bangladesh National Museum, 2000. Glassie, Henry. “The Pictorial System.” In Art and life in Bangladesh , 433-437. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1997. Glassie, Henry. Traditional Art of Dhaka . Dhaka: Bangladesh Academy, 2000. Kirkpatrick, Joanna. “Bangladeshi Arts of the Ricksha.” Asianart.com , December 5, 1997, http://www.asianart.com/articles/ricksha/index.html Kirkpatrick, Joanna. “Rickshaw Revelations.” Outlook , 04 August 2004, https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/rickshaw-revelations/224712/?next Kirkpatrick, Joanna. “The Painted Ricksha as Culture Theater.” Studies in Visual Communication 10, no. 3 (1984): 73-85. Kirkpatrick, Joanna. Transports of Delight: The Ricksha Arts of Bangladesh . Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2003. CD-ROM. Learmonth, Tom. "Rickshaw Art in Bangladesh." Mimar: Architecture in Development 39 (1991): 76-79. Mahmud, Firoz. “The Rickshaw and Rickshaw Painting in Dhaka City.” In Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions of South Asia , edited by Sanjay Garg, 160-172. Colombo: SAARC Cultural Centre, 2015. ​ Please switch to desktop mode if you are using a mobile browser Go back

+ - Entry no.: V1 CC34 2020 AC0 2020 N 001 Title: Untitled Artist: Unknown Year of creation: 2020 Photographer: Samirah Tabassum Copyright info: All rights reserved by Samirah Tabassum Date Photo Taken: 2020 Location: Comilla, Chattogram, Bangladesh Resolution info: N Source: The photographer's personal collection Notes: Painted on the metal back of the rickshaw; similar devotional portrait is common in other South Asian countries; additional metal work is done by using nails to intensify the contours in the painting Subjects: Child, Islam, Religion, Innocence, Mosque, Star, Moon, Muslim Bibliographical Reference/s: N/A Previous Next

Rickshaw: The Vehicle Special thanks to Ashna Choudhury for such an amazing 3d model of rickshaw. Ashna Choudhury is an emerging 3d artist and animator who recently graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a Major in Art Practice and a Minor in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science. Ashna wants to tell stories that will move people, connect to them, inspire them, heal them, and most importantly, represent them. ​ Please switch to desktop mode if you are using a mobile browser Go back