Social Objects
While most of us tend to accept life the way it is, it is the artists, writers and thinkers among us who reject the status quo, question soc [...]
Not even, from a distance…
“But I don’t want to go among mad people," Alice remarked.
"Oh, you can’t help that," said the Cat: "we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re [...]
Art Kingdom
Relationships, memories, moral values, royalty, society and finally, life; the philosophies knitted behind the works of six artists at Studio Seven in [...]
Hide and Seek
Artists have loved and devoured the idea of creating art in layered forms since Modern Art began to develop its roots in the western world. Arguably, [...]
Dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s
Artists, by popular definition, are loose cannons, black sheep, oddly shaped parts incompatible with the snug geometry of society. An artist is the em [...]
Body Drawing Body
Today I was at a friend’s place, at this bookstore-cum-thrift store she runs, and we were discussing the creative process and what makes an artist or [...]
An Ode to the Indelible
Graffiti art can be an elaborate or simple painting, writing and scribbling often in public places. Often graffiti is considered illicit and an act of [...]
A Tea Party that Stained: An Interview with The Tea Collaborative
The idea of seeing a performance group from a collaborative based in Islamabad is as absurd as expecting rationale on the roads of Karachi – you can e [...]
I Do Not Like Pretty Sunsets Anymore
Are our lives incomplete without validation from another? What is it about this incessant
need to have someone witness our lives? To have someone lis [...]