The Archive as an Arena for Play
The French Philosopher Jacques Derrida (1930-2004), in Archive Fever: A Freudian Impression (1955), proposes three characteristics that make possible [...]
Editorial
Cities, like trees, grow in different directions, yet their centre remains fixed. In our times cities have become ideas, which cannot be fathomed ful [...]
Afshar Malik- The Byronic Artist
The quest for love is the most crucial in art making. Finding love is more tragic then unrequited love. The fact that something as beautiful as requit [...]
Osman Khalid Waheed
Art is one of those rare forms of expression that can inspire passion in a wide range of people, from the most casual of observer to the serious colle [...]
There is no End | In conversation with Rashid Rana on #LahoreBiennale01
The greatest challenge in art today is not novelty rather contextualizing of expression. Defying the two fold binary present in the nature vs. culture [...]
Lahore Biennale Foundation
The Lahore Biennale Foundation (LBF) is a non-profit organization that seeks to provide critical sites for experimentation in visual expression and ex [...]
The Identity Crisis: A showcase of Akram Dost Baloch’s work
The brilliance of an artwork lies firstly in the distinction given to it by the artist, and secondly in the fact that the distinction is not made perc [...]
Amalgamate
If our minds ever voyage through the nostalgic mental libraries of our past art periods, similar to recalling a cherished memory, several glorious art [...]
In Praise Of Reality, Shadows And Everything Else
Work of art in its essence is a conversation: with other human beings, surroundings, times. But more than that it is a dialogue between the maker and [...]
Conversation | About and Around LB01
“Conversation” is one of the three key components of the inaugural Lahore Biennale, the other two being Research and Mapping. A series o [...]