Editorial
The term ‘Contemporary Traditions’ sounds paradoxical, but it may lead to a number of discussions, debates and doubts. To inquires how tradition is vi [...]
Book Review – Man Ray: Self-Portrait
As a student perfunctorily leafing through art history, I would always find myself pausing over the name Man Ray – pausing and pronouncing it to mysel [...]
September 2014 Contemporary Traditions
Artwork by Nusra Latif Qureshi, courtesy of the artist. [...]
Still Painting
Inaam Zafar's work consists of paintings of stills from a lesser-known and under-rated film from over three decades ago. But to say that the artist’s [...]
Unraveling the Tamasha
Most of us enjoy art because of the engaging personality present in the work; as viewers we love understanding different journeys reflected and it is [...]
Henri Matisse: Cut-Outs at the Tate Modern
“From the moment I held the box of colours in my hands”, Henri Matisse said of his discovery of painting, “I knew this was my life. I threw myself int [...]
A Conversation with Wardha Shabbir
Wardha Shabbir is a Lahore-based miniature artist who recently undertook an Artist in Residence programme at FLACC, Belgium, where she created interac [...]
Shahid Sajjad: The Non-conformist Guru – The Freethinking Maestro – The Passionate Soul
Shahid Sajjad: a man, an institution, beyond his Zeitgeist. He created his own language, made his own tools, defined his own ways of living and led a [...]
No Exit from Pakistan
In May 2013, The Roof Garden Commission: Imran Qureshi, opened on The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New Y [...]