Category: Reviews
On a Carousel of Time
When F. Scott Fitzgerald spoke about the human condition, he took its relationship with time as an incessant cycle of challenging the ‘current’ of c [...]
Book Review: Consolidating Karachi with Biennale
The remarkable success of Karachi Biennale 17, is repeated, again, in the form of its catalogue, because as the event took place two years a [...]
Banal Phrases and Lost Meaning
The act of creating contemporary art has challenged set norms of image making. Indian miniature painting, for instance, has emboldened via c [...]
The BP Portrait Award (London 2019)
Portraiture is, without any doubt, one of the most important categories in history of art. Along with landscapes, portraiture is probably th [...]
Becoming a Woman
To occupy, to salivate, to satiate, to claim,reclaim, to bequeath, to retain, maintain, to claim,maintain. Chiseled with a p [...]
Microcosm III
Microcosm III, Curated by Adeel uz Zafar at Gandhara Art Space spotlights the characteristic, unprecedented aspects, attitudes and motivator [...]
The moral vision
#Selfie; The digital age has managed to enslave its social animals in a much greater desire for approval, affirmation, and popularity, perhaps even tu [...]
What is Art? By Leo Tolstoy
London: Penguin Classics, P.1995. 202 pages ‘What is Art?’ is the culmination of Tolstoy’s polemical writing which spanned [...]
Misunderstandings
In his latest solo show “Misunderstandings”, contemporary artist Muzzumil Ruheel creates forms that probe into “misunderstood” uttered langu [...]
New Worlds
A cohort of seven, having spent the better part of two years together, they now find themselves making work outside the cozy confines of gra [...]