Questionable Communication
The lifestyles to which we are accustomed do not prepare us for the natural disintegration and changes of communication which time brings. Whether it [...]
One for the Birds
Muhammad Zeeshan’s solo exhibition ‘One for the Birds’ at Gandhara Art Space in Karachi heralded both a continuation and rupture from the previous pra [...]
Looking Back, Seeing Ahead
Arif Mahmood is a star. His work sets the stage ablaze, from breathtaking imagery of models along the runway to piercing portraits and surreal landsca [...]
The Garden of Earthly Delights
Nisha Hasan seems to hold another world in her head. At Rohtas Gallery, recently, she offered some glimpses of it to unsuspecting visitors. These visu [...]
The Presence of Absence
The walls of the gallery at the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture are painted to resemble a container’s façade. Nothing frames the exhibit. [...]
Post-Pop: East Meets West
East does not meet West, and you will not discover anything new or exciting at the Saatchi Gallery in London. The title of the exhibition misleads: it [...]
Two Paradoxes of Origin and Originality: Mohammad Ali Talpur, Negation and Resistance
The question of origins seems to have receded into the background over the last decade or so of Pakistani art. The success of globalisation, the exten [...]
February 2015 Origins
Bani Abidi, "The Ghost of Mohammed Bin Qasim". Inkjet print, 2006. Courtesy the artist. [...]
I Washed the Dust of the Eyes with Blood
Humanity is at war. Narrowing it down, it is the age where Muslims (as well as those giving themselves this title) are regularly in the news as attack [...]