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 [...]
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, [...]