Category: Magazine
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 [...]
But It Looks Like Art!
A prominent British contemporary artist gave a seminar to my small Masters’ group at Goldsmiths a few years ago. Known for his offbeat conceptualism a [...]
But is it Site Specific Art?
There is always room to push ideas off their limits in art. While most artists and art followers happily remain in the realm of conventional art makin [...]
Modern Life
The name of the group show by Julius John, Ali Asad Naqvi, Saeeda Nawaz, Sara Khan and Madiha Sikander, ‘Modern Life’ reminds one of the similarly tit [...]
Book Review: Digital Art
It is always interesting to read of the conception and progression of an art form. In Sylvia Martin’s, Video Art it becomes evident that the genre of [...]
Words, Shapes, and Color
Words, Shapes, and Color
I once wrote a poem called “The Fate of Seeming.” Simeen Farhat turned it into two sculptures, two word-bubbles, one called [...]
Imagine This
-An essay on art in the age of mechanical reproduction… imagine that. What can be said that’s new about this age- except that its already gone?-An [...]
Book Review: Naiza Khan Monograph
ArtAsiaPacific recently published a book on Naiza Khan, one of Pakistan’s most influential contemporary artists. The book, which is the first major mo [...]