Category: Reviews
Keeping It Simple
It has become common practice for contemporary artists today to create work that can be placed in a broader societal context and explicate complex tho [...]
Contrasting Traditional and Modern: Ukiyo-e and Contemporary Prints from Japan
Inspired by an exhibition of miniature paintings at the British Museum in 2010, where traditional and modern paintings were juxtaposed against one ano [...]
Book Review: The Shape of a Pocket
When you open The Shape of a Pocket, you enter a new world of imagination. As you sift through the pages of this collection of essays and short pieces [...]
Jahan-e-Digar
'Jahan-e-Digar', an exhibition at Full Circle Gallery, sought to showcase Iranian art based upon the ustad-shagird (master-student) relationship, a pr [...]
Things That Appear : Imrana Tanveer and Yasir Azeem
Khaas Gallery recently showcased the works of two young artists, Imrana Tanveer and Yasir Azeem. At first glance the works seem quite opposite to one [...]
Book Review: A Pictorial Story of the Past
Would you like to walk through the history of art, across the centuries and cultures-one step at a time? This is precisely what Neil MacGregor'sA Hist [...]
Dream Encounters with Tassaduq Sohail
Tassaduq Sohail, 85, is one of Pakistan's finest artists. He is also a storyteller, a lover, and has an insatiable taste for the flaming obscene. He s [...]
Altering The Known
Whether it be in music, writing or sculpting, artists always find themselves questioning the limits and norms of their interested field. In an attempt [...]
Taking It Outside
‘Let’s Take it Outside’ at the Gandhara Art Gallery weaves together works of a diverse group of artists; Imrana Tanveer, Noor Ali Chagani, Ahsan Jamal [...]
A Matter of Lines
Rehana Mangi was among the first batch of NCA graduates from the department of miniature painting who transcended the realm of traditional miniatures [...]