Category: Reviews
A Borderless Time
Art, history and academia are three sisters. They live under one roof, come from the same place but confront each other in ideology and personality. T [...]
The Very Silent Stories
‘Chup Kahani’ when translated simply means “Silent Stories”. Stories is an interesting word, because I don’t believe that that one can take as much as [...]
Undoing / Ongoing
"It took the war to teach it, that you were responsible for everything you saw as you were for everything you did. The problem was that you didn’t alw [...]
Of Lines and Life
Canvas Gallery in Karachi recently exhibited the works of three young artists in a collective show titled ‘The Fine Line.’ Working with diverse themes [...]
Encountering Komail: of Manuscripts and Elegance
Symbolism began as a reaction to the literal representation of subjects preferring to create more suggestive and evocative works. It had its roots in [...]
A Journey of Self-Discovery: Natasha Shoro
Natasha Shoro is an artist and educationist whose unique pictorial idiom has been acclaimed in exhibitions mounted in the USA, Pakistan and further af [...]
New Works by Nahid Raza
When we discuss feminism in art, our thoughts are usually mandated with aggressive ideologies and performances which draw a lot of attention and contr [...]
Poetics of Memory
Our nation is a melting pot of emotions. Anger, sadness, relief, guilt, love and passion are a few that come to mind. Throughout Pakistan’s journey an [...]
Full Circle
Step 1: Enter the gallery,Step 2: Look at the works,Step 3: Get confused,Step 4: Give yourself a moment and start again.The two-person [...]