Category: In Focus
Without Permission
In Saadat Hasan Manto’s short story, ‘Beghair Ijaazat’ (Without Permission), the protagonist finds himself in a series of misplaced location [...]
The Creation of the Archive: KB as phenomenon
ZS: This is a strange position to be in – and a strangely difficult one to occupy: to talk about the Karachi Biennale, speaking at once from a positio [...]
Sacredness and Art
Objects, places, deities, rituals, constructed monuments, mountains, rivers, the inner geography of the body, the visual space of the Mandal [...]
SACRED REMAINS
In 2011, the British Museum ran a highly popular and acclaimed exhibition, showcasing some of the finest sacred artifacts and relics of Byza [...]
Drawn from Life
“Masaccio’s origins are to be found in Castello San Giovanni di Valdarno where, people claim, some figures painted by him in his e [...]
Lives, Artworks and Artists
We are all composites of our life experiences. These experiences of life not only shape us as individuals but also resonate in our professio [...]
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 [...]
Art in the Age of Internet
The invention of the World Wide Web (by Sir Tim Berners-Lee) marks the beginning of a crucial timeline for visual arts practices. Since 1989 [...]
Inner- and Outermost
“Men seldom moved their bodies; all unrest was concentrated in the soul.”M. Forster, The Machine Stops In The Machine Stop [...]