Category: Reviews
In spite of all evidence
“This is how people behave when their dailiness is destroyed, when for a few moments they see, plain and unadorned, one of the great shaping [...]
I Worship Not Work
‘Dance of Dualities’ by Syeda M Habib at the Canvas Gallery, Karachi The modern age makes it almost inevitable that any conne [...]
The Boys’ Playground by Arif Mahmood
The celebrated photographer Arif Mehmood's work has traversed various moods in the arc of his timeline. Rather than just pure documentation, [...]
Bijli, Pani Aur Gas
Weighed with contextual implications, the hierarchy pertaining to the allocation and consumption of natural resources is marred by the constant state [...]
BODY LANGUAGE
Moving through time, speaking to mythology and creating a new sense of reality, is the journey you take when walking through the show ‘Body [...]
TO EXPRESS SURPRISE, BUT NOT BAFFLEMENT- SVAD DEGREE SHOW
The Mariam Dawood School of Visual Art and Design (SVAD) at Beaconhouse National University (BNU) brought together one week of sophisticated play wh [...]
DARK MATTER
Standing in front of a wall layered with black and grey strokes, one wonders about the space beyond these wall sized canvases that look like [...]
Book Review | “33 Artists in 3 Acts”
The title of Sarah Thornton’s second book on (or exposé of) the art world – 33 Artists in 3 Acts – itself gives away the dissembling that is at the [...]
Work and Worship | ‘Dance of Dualities’ by Sayeda M Habib
The modern age makes it almost inevitable that any connection to our own sprit and soul is interrupted, let alone any tie to the divine or the co [...]