The Contemporary Practices of Mazar Chador
Since the beginning of the mankind on this world, his unusual and discontent nature was scared of the natural and arbitrary phenomenon around him due [...]
Is Pakistani Art Secular?
Some years ago, as an art student and then a practicing artist, I felt attracted to a certain philosophical position that maintains that there is no s [...]
Noorjehan Bilgrami: The Avant-Garde
Noorjehan Bilgrami in her Sri Lanka studio.
A painter, textile designer, gallery owner, entrepreneur, curator, researcher, educationist and a social [...]
Studio Visit: Afshaar Malik
On entering Afshaar’s Malik studio in Lahore, I was shown into a very crowded room. Dozens of complete strangers stared at me with mild interest from [...]
A Metal Playground: Visiting Amin Gulgee’s Studio
No one, other than his assistants, are allowed inside Amin Gulgee’s workshop. It is his realm, where he alone must be the thinker and the maker. The W [...]
Inside and Outside the Circle: Nature and Culture in the Art of Wardha Shabbir
The artist Wardha Shabbir lives and works in the city of Lahore, Pakistan, where she not only studied art, but where she also now teaches it. The basi [...]
In a Room I Trap the Absence of a Room
It would be safe to say that every artist has two sides to his personality. There is an introspective side that internalizes reactions to stimuli, mul [...]
In- Between Earth and Sky: Iqra Tanveer at Moscow Museum of Modern Art
Pakistani artist Iqra Tanveer’s solo exhibition “Between Earth and Sky” opened at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art on October 30th and runs till the en [...]
In Conversation with Meher Afroz
Hajra Haider: Your life is divided in two very distinct chapters; being a student in India and artist in Pakistan. The time of the shift makes it very [...]