Category: Magazine
Shahkaar – In Conversation with Sumaya Durrani
As we flock around her right after our final MA Visual Arts First Year Juries and I request some time for an interview as directed by my professor Sir [...]
The Sociological Imaginers
It is most interesting to see an artist develop and mature in an intimate space and share the rare friendship that comes with any art school experienc [...]
Rough Around the Edges
Hanmi Gallery’s exposed brick, uneven floorboards and half painted interior form the perfect setting for Rough Around the Edges. This well organized s [...]
Book Review: Punjab in Painting
Punjab has a long, diverse and discontinued history of painting. From the walls of temples and havelies to the pages of manuscripts and folios; from t [...]
The Art of Choosing Well
Madiha Sikander
Mahmil Masood Bawany. Untitled. Polythene and thread.
It is interesting how each subsequent thesis show carves an institution’s acce [...]
Amra Ali: Taking a Leap of Faith
HH: The proposal is found in the absence of a project brief. In your curatorial concept you mention that this ‘Leap of Faith’ may be misplaced and mis [...]
Sana Arjumand: Peeling Away the Layers
Sana Arjumand’s studio is light-filled. It hits you as you climb the stairs from her house to the top storey where she works. Light floods the place t [...]
Items of Re-Use
It has become quite unavoidable for artists in Karachi to express their griefon the status quo and aestheticize their concerns over the current chaosa [...]
NCA Theises Preview
Not much is astir at 11 a.m inside thesis studios at the National College of Arts. Don’t be fooled though because nesting sites as clearly marked by t [...]