Letter from the Editor in Chief
Welcome all to the August 2019 issue of ArtNow with the exciting new theme of “Neo Geometry”, looking at Modern and Contemporary artists and art works [...]
Letter from the Editor
In its origin, the word ‘geometry’ emanating from the Greek term geometria is about “measurement of earth or land”, implying, in a sense, a [...]
A Jumbo Alteration
A group show by three multidisciplinary Pakistani artists titled “A Jumbo Alteration” took place at Canvas Gallery on 16th July, 2019. The show compri [...]
Shahid Waheed Khan – Keeping the Venerable Art of Ceramic Alive
The art of pottery and ceramics has been a legacy of all civilizations from times immemorial. In subcontinent, pottery was practiced even before the f [...]
The exalted testimony | The confluence of geometry and modernism in Pakistani art
The etymology of “Geometry” traces its origins to the Greek words ‘Geo’ (Earth) and “Metria” (A measuring of) which literally tran [...]
The South Asian Influence of Neo-Geometry on Art and Architecture – Kamil Khan Mumtaz and Rasheed Araeen
The term “Neo-Geometry” first became a part of the art world in 1986 when four young artists, the so-called “neo-geo”, were fêted in New Yor [...]
The Geometric Machine
From the Zen aesthetics of minimalism, the spiritual ascension of field painting to the divine conjuring of Islamic geometric patterns, geom [...]
Artistic and Literary Ruptures: An Apology to Shaikh Ayaz
An Apology to Shaikh Ayaz at Chawkandi Art gallery educates and titillates our curiosity about poet Shaikh Ayaz (b. 1923-1997), through [...]
Book Review| annus mirabilis? art in the year 2000
written by Richard Cork Illustrated. 368 pg. Yale University Press 1994 An article titled Brief History of the Internet, p [...]