The Very Silent Stories
‘Chup Kahani’ when translated simply means “Silent Stories”. Stories is an interesting word, because I don’t believe that that one can take as much as [...]
Undoing / Ongoing
"It took the war to teach it, that you were responsible for everything you saw as you were for everything you did. The problem was that you didn’t alw [...]
Of Lines and Life
Canvas Gallery in Karachi recently exhibited the works of three young artists in a collective show titled ‘The Fine Line.’ Working with diverse themes [...]
Encountering Komail: of Manuscripts and Elegance
Symbolism began as a reaction to the literal representation of subjects preferring to create more suggestive and evocative works. It had its roots in [...]
Hameed Haroon
In Pakistani publishing and media. and art and culture communities, the name of Hameed Haroon is well regarded and widely recognized. In our small sce [...]
September 2015 Photography as Art
Archival pigment print, edition of 5 plus 2 artists proofs. 137 x 110 cm. 2014. Image courtesy the artist and Lawrie Shabibi Gallery [...]
Bani Abidi: Journey of the Narrative
The blue background with a portrait of the founder of the nation on the left and the national flag on the right, flanked by a desk holding a microphon [...]
Test Pattern Infinity
Selected works from the 'Test Pattern Infinity' show utilize photography as a principal medium of creating art. A common theme across this collection [...]
A Journey of Self-Discovery: Natasha Shoro
Natasha Shoro is an artist and educationist whose unique pictorial idiom has been acclaimed in exhibitions mounted in the USA, Pakistan and further af [...]
Believing is Seeing
“Photography cannot record abstract ideas.” – Encyclopaedia Britannica
The use of a photograph determines its meaning. A news photograph with a capti [...]