Category: Reviews
Re-imagining the Imagined
A woman clad in a white cotton shirt and loosely fitted navy blue trousers and is seated on a chair. Her left-hand rests on her lap, her leg [...]
MANIFESTOS MANIFESTED
Marin Amis writing an essay on American politics states: “‘All the “isms” are “wasms”, said Tony Blair, quite a while ago, affirming the end [...]
Soil to Soul
Usman Saeed’s mystical exhibition Gardenfinds One was showcased at the KOEL gallery in October 2017. His work explores a characteristic and [...]
Jean Dubuffet: The Deep End
Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985) emerged after World War II. A French painter, sculptor and printmaker, for Dubuffet, the more clichéd a [...]
Seen/Unseen
The desire to create is tied to the inherent human tendency to express. Using visuals as a means to communicate is a primitive instinct, exi [...]
Haathi Mere Saathi – a story to be told
Who doesn’t know about Andy Warhol’s “Brillo Boxes”? His amazing artwork is remembered for its iconicity and concept. Warhol's silk-screened dozens of [...]
The Psychology of Skin
As I stroll across the gallery upon a silent afternoon, gazing back at skin, marked, masked and scarred, translucent and sublime, [...]
Configuration
The show Configuration, curated by Aasim Akhtar at Tanzara Gallery on September 14th, neatly ties up the diverse practices of 14 Pakistani Artists as [...]
BETWEEN WEST AND EAST
During the reign of Akbar, the Great, European envoys came to his court and brought gifts for the Mughal Emperor, which included European pa [...]