Category: In Focus
On Awards and Prizes in Art
In 1993 during a trip to Sudan, Kevin Carter, a South African photojournalist, photographed a starving toddler, with a vulture in the background. This [...]
Global Villagers: Three Comments on a Certain Invisibility
Is it possible to extricate contemporary art from the contemporary city?
I do not mean, in asking this question, to point out simply that the history [...]
Pondering the Problems and Potentials of Educating the Artist(-Teacher) in Pakistan
Pakistan has a powerful tradition of fine arts education that began more than a hundred years ago with the establishment of art schools in Colonial In [...]
The Contemporary Practices of Mazar Chador
Since the beginning of the mankind on this world, his unusual and discontent nature was scared of the natural and arbitrary phenomenon around him due [...]
Is Pakistani Art Secular?
Some years ago, as an art student and then a practicing artist, I felt attracted to a certain philosophical position that maintains that there is no s [...]
The Writer on Art
Just before my last visit to Karachi I was planning to do an interview of Shafi Aqeel, and was thinking to call him as soon as I arrive in his city; b [...]
Learning to See
Lahore, 2007.
I had recently returned to Pakistan, after I passed over a PhD degree in English Literature. Two major reasons contributed to leaving m [...]
Prague: The City As Art Space
True to its Bohemian antecedents, the city of Prague in the Czech Republic continues to be a vibrant showcase of artistic traditions and styles. Follo [...]
Shadows of The Box
In a contemporary art world, it is virtually impossible to hold a dialogue focusing on spaces for exhibiting/viewing art without the use of the word ‘ [...]
From Palazzo to Piazza
Shelter, centre of social activity, gathering place for friends, spatial adventure, and status symbol: the art space can be all these things, and more [...]