The First Layer?
Robert Rauschenberg, famous American artist once described titles as the last layer of painting; likewise, the book covers are the first layers of a p [...]
Sanat’s very own ‘Department Store’
A department store is one of the most mundane sights in today’s consumerist world. It is a huge organized space, categorised by type and sells numerou [...]
Back to Nature
Henry Beecher once said, “Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.” But what happens when the artist [...]
Now You See Now You Don’t
Literature has come a long way. Beginning with the epics and myths narrated to a gathering of people (in an attempt to ward off the fear of night – an [...]
Book Covers by Fatah Halepoto: A Makeshift Art Gallery
As often said and assuming that its true that an artist’s real identity is his or her work, then I have known Fatah Halepoto way before knowing his na [...]
Hang-ups: Essays on Painting (Mostly)
A historian’s writing on art can be doubly enlightening as it can draw a larger, more ambitious loop of historical context around the relatively small [...]
Fragmented Reality
In recent decades, terror and violence have become an integral and inseparable part of Pakistan. The constant occurrence of extremist and fanatic acts [...]
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