Category: Magazine
December 2014 Mapping History
Rashid Rana, "What is So Pakistani About This Painting?", 2000, Oil, acrylic and printed fabric on canvas, 72x157 in [...]
Book Review: B is for Bauhaus
I suppose the most convenient thing about encyclopaedias, anthologies, dictionaries, or any categorised depository of knowledge is that they don’t req [...]
Filling Greys: Ayaz Jokhio
It is often customary to come across images from an upcoming exhibition online before the opening of the show. Such was the case with Ayaz Jokhio’s wo [...]
The Cloth Does Not Make the Monk
In Autumn 2014, London’s exhibition scene has been invaded by established, mature German artists. Sigmar Polke at Tate Modern, Anselm Kiefer at the Ro [...]
Sobia Ahmed: Who is Afraid of Green
Sobia Ahmed showcased a powerful collection of works at Khaas Gallery in November. Two themes were evident through her work, that of environmentalism [...]
Salman Toor: Around the Bourgeois
Lower, middle and upper: Pakistan’s distinct and jarring class divides. Living in this striated society, most individuals within these cultural tiers [...]
Grains of Sand: A Spiritual Journey
'Grains of Sand' is a voguish exhibition that recently opened at the Satrang Gallery in Islamabad. Showcasing the work of six essential artists, Moham [...]
A Pilgrimage with Porcelain
Conversing with Sheherezade Alam, one gets a sense that like other studio ceramists in the country, there is a fair bit of struggle involved in making [...]
Jalal Uddin Ahmed
Jalal Uddin Ahmed was born in Lucknow in 1925. He graduated with Honors in 1945 with a Masters in English Literature and started teaching soon after, [...]
Inspiration: A Means to an End?
In the contemporary context, inspiration or the phenomenon of being inspired has become linked with stories of artistic, literary or scientific breakt [...]