Category: Magazine
The “reluctant” Pakistanis
The Seven artists of “Celebrating Seven” currently showing at Rothas Gallery, Islamabad, are Alia Bilgrami, SalimaHashmi, NadyaHussain, Naiza Khan, Af [...]
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 [...]
Noorjehan Bilgrami: The Avant-Garde
Noorjehan Bilgrami in her Sri Lanka studio.
A painter, textile designer, gallery owner, entrepreneur, curator, researcher, educationist and a social [...]
Studio Visit: Afshaar Malik
On entering Afshaar’s Malik studio in Lahore, I was shown into a very crowded room. Dozens of complete strangers stared at me with mild interest from [...]
A Metal Playground: Visiting Amin Gulgee’s Studio
No one, other than his assistants, are allowed inside Amin Gulgee’s workshop. It is his realm, where he alone must be the thinker and the maker. The W [...]
Inside and Outside the Circle: Nature and Culture in the Art of Wardha Shabbir
The artist Wardha Shabbir lives and works in the city of Lahore, Pakistan, where she not only studied art, but where she also now teaches it. The basi [...]
In a Room I Trap the Absence of a Room
It would be safe to say that every artist has two sides to his personality. There is an introspective side that internalizes reactions to stimuli, mul [...]
