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Whispering Images

Published on October 2011

The whispers or surgoshi of images concerns, to use an expression from Carl Jung, immemorial memories of mankind, its civilizations and cultures. They make us aware of the past in the present and present in the past. From this dialectics comes the future as an archetypal flow of currents and undercurrents of time.

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CHANGING AUDIENCES

Published on July 2011

With a population of running into millions, an architectural boom that embraces vertical fantasies straight out of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis and roving bands of young artists ready to mount ad hoc shows of a few days’...

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Darya Ba Hubab Andar

Published on April 2011

IThe concept of an ocean in a bubble, or a particle containing the cosmic order, is of very old lineage in the religions and philosophies of the East.

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BONHAMS AUCTION: HISTORY UNFOLDING

Published on January 2011

The Auction House known as Bonhams of New Bond Street, London, has in recent times attracted considerable interest from significant art collectors of Pakistani and Indian origin. Many of these collectors based in London are currently engaged in acquiring modern and contemporary artworks of leading artists of ...

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Rise and Shine

Published on January 2011

Making waves or just creating ripples the presence of Pakistani art continues to stream ahead on the international circuit. While the attention is centered mainly on young generation and some mid-career artists the recent spotlight on old master art is also exciting.

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Choice Pickings from summer offerings

Published on October 2010

If you can stand the heat and haze then midsummer is a great time to hunt for fresh talent in art. Most galleries put their solo acts on ice and turn their exhibition spaces into pluralistic

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‘…….the day the sky became my ground’

Published on October 2010

The refined works of Abid Hassan result from his experiments of the past decade with manipulating and contorting acrylic paint into strange, otherworldly shapes.

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Art Dubai 2010

Published on July 2010

Festival city Dubai famed for its assorted activity calendar chock full with ‘events’ had to reset its priorities as it too reeled under the pressures of the economic slump.

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Live every day to the full

Published on July 2010

A Retrospective Exhibition of Sculpture by Shahid Sajjad

The unparallel retrospective exhibition of sculptor Shahid Sajjad’s work demonstrated for the many visitors to the show who were perhaps...

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Design for self

Published on July 2010

“Design for self”, an easy task or difficult? Is it a creative exploration or a reign into imagination; an amalgamation of personal statements or a dilution of ideas? A difficult question to comprehend.

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Abstractions

Published on April 2010

In the postmodern age, paint has lost much of its elevated status and is relegated to a neutral agent that must wait for the artist to infuse it with meaning and emotive content.

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IQBAL HUSSAIN: THE COMPASSIONATE OBSERVER

Published on April 2010

A recent exhibition at the Ejaz Gallery, Lahore, showcased the work of Iqbal Hussain and launched a book on the artist titled: The Painter of Imprisoned Souls.

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In Search of Earthly Paradise

Published on January 2010

The inherent beauty of the world, of life so often overshadowed by the act of living water, light, nature. Simply being. Mostly looked at, not seen, just existing.

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Art Roundup – 2009 Fresh Inquiries and New Definitions

Published on January 2010

Today as we move onto 2010 a recap of trends and directions in ’09 reveals that disorder still prevails but fortunately critical voices that question existing systems and aspire for a new reality are gaining strength.

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A KALEIDOSCOPIC EXPERIENCE

Published on October 2009

The annual Emerging Talent exhibition offers an opportunity to view an exuberance of color, vitality and essential energy in a heterogeneous display.

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Generation Next

Published on July 2009

Profiling a collective showcase of young and emerging architects and artists that has resulted in a kaleidoscope of works

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Third Edition of Art Dubai

Published on July 2009

The Middle East’s premier art fair is back again – with its most expensive collection to date.

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The Sacred Square

Published on April 2009

For many years I had passed by Saidpur village while driving on the Margalla Road

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Getz Art

Published on April 2009

Getz Pharma is one of the many architect-designed factories dotted along the boulevard of smoking chimneys.

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